Thanking Pinckney for Accepting Commission; Relative Rank of Major Generals
Document 1798Thanks Pinckney for his faithful acceptance of a commission as major-general, and confirms that the relative rank of the three major generals is: Hamilton, Pinckney, Knox. Asks to see Pinckney soon, to discuss various issues.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Thanks Pinckney for his faithful acceptance of a commission as major-general, and confirms that the relative rank of the three major generals is: Hamilton, Pinckney, Knox. Asks to see Pinckney soon, to discuss various issues.
Date
10/17/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798101700201
Page start
5
Note
Enclosed in McHenry to Adams, 10/25/1798.
Notable persons
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
James McHenry
John Adams
Secretary of War
President United States
Alexander Hamilton
Henry Knox
major general
wife
daughter
Major Henry Middleton Rutledge
Dutch
French
German
troops
Notable locations
War Department
Newark
New Jersey
Newfoundland
Canada
Salem
Massachusetts
Carolina
Hague
Bordeaux
Europe
Notable items
appointment