Relative Rank of the Three Major Generals
Document 1798Wolcott provides his views regarding the ongoing controversy over the relative rank of the three Major Generals.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Wolcott provides his views regarding the ongoing controversy over the relative rank of the three Major Generals.
Date
10/10/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Trenton
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798101060001
Page start
1
Note
This letter is designated "Private".
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
Secretary of War [McHenry]
the President [John Adams]
General Washington
General [Henry] Knox
Notable locations
Trenton
sections of our country
Connecticut
Notable items
commissions of the Major Generals
order in which the appointments were made
official letter
doubt
delay
perplexity
question of rank
personal feelings
organization of the army
War Department