Forwarding of Letter from General Pinckney regarding General Officer rank
Document 1798Forwards to Adams a letter from General Pinckney, concerning Pinckney's attendance at the planned War Department meeting to discuss officer appointments & other military necessities.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Forwards to Adams a letter from General Pinckney, concerning Pinckney's attendance at the planned War Department meeting to discuss officer appointments & other military necessities.
Date
11/01/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798110100002
Page start
1
Notable persons
General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
General Henry Knox
Major Rutledge
major generals
General Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Major Haskell
Notable locations
Trenton
New Jersey
North River
War Department
Notable items
officer
rank
appointment
decline
inferior rank
ship
Revolutionary War
War for Independence
absolute refusal to serve
talents