Appointment of Officers to New Regiments
Document 1798Provides statement of public service experience of several officers and staff members. Refers to Congressional recess and Senate work with the the President's nominations. Discusses the nominations of Dayton as Brigadier or Adjutant and Pinckney's suggestion for Governor Sevier's provisional army. Refers to the disappointment in Colonel Smith. Advocates Pickering as a man of integrity. Makes suggestions for military jurisdictions in each State. Cites ideas on presidential powers and delegation of same.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Provides statement of public service experience of several officers and staff members. Refers to Congressional recess and Senate work with the the President's nominations. Discusses the nominations of Dayton as Brigadier or Adjutant and Pinckney's suggestion for Governor Sevier's provisional army. Refers to the disappointment in Colonel Smith. Advocates Pickering as a man of integrity. Makes suggestions for military jurisdictions in each State. Cites ideas on presidential powers and delegation of same.
Date
09/19/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Trenton
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798091900101
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
A 57 page document.
Notable persons
George Washington
James McHenry
Charles Pinckney
Henry Knox
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
Colonel Smith
Dayton
Brigadier
Governor Sevier
Congress
Senate
Pickering
Oliver Wolcott ,Jr.
Benjamin Stoddart
Samuel Hodgdon
Secretary of the Treasury
Rufus King
Notable locations
Trenton
Philadelphia
Mount Vernon
Tennessee
Quincy
Eastern States
Vermont
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Southern States
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
New England
Springfield
South