Commission as Major General of Alexander Hamilton

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Type

Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Description

Official appointment of A. Hamilton to post of Inspector General of Army, ranking Major General. Subsequent commissions given to other officers in enclosure.

Date

07/19/1798

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1798071937000

Note

Enclosed in McHenry to Hamilton, 07/25/1798. print doc only

Notable persons

John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of War
James McHenry
John Caldwell
clerk
Major General
Inspector General
President
Senate
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Henry Knox
Henry Lee
brigadier general
provisional army
Edward Hand
John Brooks
William Washington
Jonathan Dayton
William North
Ebenezer Huntington
Anthony Walton White
William Richison Davie
John Sevier
James Craik
physician general
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Philadelphia
New York
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Connecticut
North Carolina
Tennessee

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