Questions submitted to the Secretaries of the Departments
Document 1798McHenry lists thirteen of his letters to and from other cabinet officers, the President, and General Washington and then asks five questions regarding the commissions and relative rank of the three Major Generals (Knox, Pinckney, and Hamilton).
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Type
Autograph Draft Letter Signed
Description
McHenry lists thirteen of his letters to and from other cabinet officers, the President, and General Washington and then asks five questions regarding the commissions and relative rank of the three Major Generals (Knox, Pinckney, and Hamilton).
Date
10/12/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798101200001
Page start
1
Note
Three recipients; Pickering, Wolcott, and Stoddert
Cited in Wolcott to McHenry, 10/13/1798.
[BRM05 is the same as KFS10.]
Notable persons
James McHenry
Timothy Pickering
Benjamin Stoddert
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
Alexander Hamilton
General Washington
John Adams
Major General
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Henry Knox
officers
cabinet
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
Letters