A Lamentable Lack of Necessaries & Organization
Document 1798Gibbs assesses the recruiting potential and deficiencies in stores, equipage, and organization of the Provisional Army.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Gibbs assesses the recruiting potential and deficiencies in stores, equipage, and organization of the Provisional Army.
Date
12/16/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Boston
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798121790001
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Caleb Gibbs
troops at Castle Island
the [military] Company
Non-Commissioned Officers
young men from twenty to twenty five years of age
troops
Officers
the butcher
Jonathan Jackson
yeomanry of New England
commissioned officer
supervisor of district
national legislature
President United States
Notable locations
New York
Boston
Castle Island
New England
Massachusetts
Vermont
Notable items
inspection
muster
ideas respecting recruiting
music
necessaries
commissary
Quarter Master
supplies of the troops
public papers
company book
muster and pay rolls
large regiments
orderly books
farms
orderly books
recruiting