Discussion of Officer Appointments, & Pardon
Document 1798Letter, discusses appointment of officers to new companies and corps; asks for pardon for a young man convicted of forging a check.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, discusses appointment of officers to new companies and corps; asks for pardon for a young man convicted of forging a check.
Date
08/27/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1798082715002
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Jay to Hamilton, 08/30/1798
Notable persons
John Jay
Alexander Hamilton
Mr. Gracie
James Ross
Governor Jay
Governor New York
Notable locations
Albany
New York
Albany
South Carolina
Notable items
indisposed
unwell
apprehension
petitions of the Militia Officers
persons named to the new Companies will not be appointed
this must be a groundless apprehension
ordinary Militia Officers can on no military principles have an pretensions in relation to new and extraordinary Corps
grow up
created
utility of these new corps
needs no comment
as to expediency, nothing can be clearer
depends on their being officered in the manner they themselves desire
To attempt to place them under the present Militia Officers is to annihilate them
officers
scheme
resign
bad men
solicited my interposition
pardon
convicted of forging a check
bank
argument
simple lad
friend of his fathers.