Calling You and General Knox Into Immediate Service
Document 1798Pickering reaffirms his support of Hamilton's position as second in command of the Provisional Army despite the opinions of some that the post should by right have been offered to General Knox.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Pickering reaffirms his support of Hamilton's position as second in command of the Provisional Army despite the opinions of some that the post should by right have been offered to General Knox.
Date
08/23/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Trenton
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798082390001
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Timothy Pickering
Mr. [James] McHenry
Mr. [Oliver] Wolcott [Jr.]
General [Henry] Knox
Secretary of War [McHenry]
the President [John Adams]
Senate
General Washington
[Edward] Hand
[Charles Cotesworth] Pinckney
members of Congress
your fellow citizens
provisional army
command
Secretary of War
Notable locations
New Jersey
Trenton
five New England states
Notable items
first rank
Commander in Chief
his silence
rule of the former war
relative rank of officers of the same grade appointed on the same day
priority of rank
captain of horse
aid to the Commander in Chief
rank of lieutenant colonel
public voice
old rule