Acceptance of Commission as Major General; Requests for Care of Family & a Commission for Former Secretary
Document 1798Pinckney states that he learned of his appointment as major general via a newspaper while en route from France to America; asks that McHenry inform Adams that he will accept the commission. Requests permission to see his wife and daughter to Carolina before returning northward, and also requests a commission for his former secretary, who has spent time studying military books and observing foreign troops in Europe. Recommends him on several counts.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Pinckney states that he learned of his appointment as major general via a newspaper while en route from France to America; asks that McHenry inform Adams that he will accept the commission. Requests permission to see his wife and daughter to Carolina before returning northward, and also requests a commission for his former secretary, who has spent time studying military books and observing foreign troops in Europe. Recommends him on several counts.
Date
10/14/1798
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798101440056
Page start
3
Note
Cited in McHenry to Pinckney, 10/17/1798. Enclosed in McHenry to Adams, 10/25/1798.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Major General
Secretary of War
foreign troops
wife
daughter
secretary
President John Adams
Notable locations
France
Europe
Newark, New Jersey
Notable items
commission
appointment
newspaper
military books