Unqualified Hands Running War Department
Document 1798Ill health in family has kept Washington from answering letter. He planned to travel to Trenton to visit the Secretary and assist in any way possible. Noted, "the War Department cannot prosper in the present very well disposed but very unqualified hands. P.S. General Pinckney satisfied with military arrangements.
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Ill health in family has kept Washington from answering letter. He planned to travel to Trenton to visit the Secretary and assist in any way possible. Noted, "the War Department cannot prosper in the present very well disposed but very unqualified hands.
P.S. General Pinckney satisfied with military arrangements.
Date
10/29/1798
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New York
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Document number
1798102990000
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Notable persons
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
General Pinckney
Secretary of War
family
administration
Notable locations
New York
Trenton