Results from Assisting Generals Hamilton and Pinckney in Officer Appointments
Document 1798Reorganization of states into military districts deemed unnecessary. Recruiting practices discussed with urgency, Washington advised preparation for war so as to be ready for possible engagements with Europe. Standing army, and allocated finances for military advocated. Advised on locations of magazines, winter quarters for troops, and forts.
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Reorganization of states into military districts deemed unnecessary. Recruiting practices discussed with urgency, Washington advised preparation for war so as to be ready for possible engagements with Europe. Standing army, and allocated finances for military advocated. Advised on locations of magazines, winter quarters for troops, and forts.
Date
12/13/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1798121340000
Note
This document, forwarded under a private letter of the same date by Washington, is a draft in the hand of Hamilton. Cited in Washington to McHenry, 12/13/1798; Cited in McHenry to Hamilon, 04/23/1799.
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Notable persons
James McHenry
George Washington
General Wilkinson
General Hamilton
General Pinckney
officers
troops
Spanish Governor
engineer
Western army
regiments
reinforcements
battalion
Quartermaster
Quarter Master
army
commissioned officer
public
dragoon
Davy
William Davie
Spanish
Spaniards
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Atlantic frontier
sea
France
New Orleans
districts
states
posts
forts
Lakes
Presque-Isle
Presque Isle
Lake Erie
Pittsburgh
St. Mary's River
Baltimore
New York
Cape Fear River
Charles town
New port
Newport
Mud Island
Norfolk
Virginia
Maryland
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Uxbridge
Providence River
Harpers Ferry
Savannah
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Charleston
Brunswick
arsenals
magazine
Rocky Mount
Wateree
Fayetteville
Trenton
Catawba
coast
stations
Susquehannah
Susquehanna
roads
route
quarters
St. Mary's
arsenal
magazine
Wateree
Notable items
pay
artillery
rations
cruisers
ship
boat
vessel
artillery