Arranging the Relative Rank of Generals Hamilton, Pickering, & Knox
Document 1798McHenry is wrestling with the issue of assigning relative rank to Generals Hamilton, Knox, and Pickering. He consulted General Washington and is notifying President Adams that the General's opinion on this sensitive matter differs from that of the president.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
McHenry is wrestling with the issue of assigning relative rank to Generals Hamilton, Knox, and Pickering. He consulted General Washington and is notifying President Adams that the General's opinion on this sensitive matter differs from that of the president.
Date
09/21/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Trenton
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798092100101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in McHenry to multiple, 10/12/1798; Cited in McHenry to Wolcott, 10/13/1798
Notable persons
John Adams
James McHenry
George Washington
Notable locations
Trenton
Notable items
rank
generals
opinion
relative
army
president
commission
drawn at my request
miscalculation
evidence of distrust