Extending Our Internal Means of Defense
Document 1798Since Otis has been appoined Chairman of a committee to consider extending American internal means of defense, he asks to meet with Hamilton to obtain his advice on a number of related concerns.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Since Otis has been appoined Chairman of a committee to consider extending American internal means of defense, he asks to meet with Hamilton to obtain his advice on a number of related concerns.
Date
12/21/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798122160001
Note
Cited in Hamilton to Otis, 12/27/1798
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Harrison Gray Otis
Congress
the President [John Adams]
John Adams
President United States
chairman of committee
Notable locations
Philadelphia
France
French Dominions
French West India Islands
Notable items
indulgence of an interview
defensive measures
little leisure
internal means of defense
political opinions
general ideas
instruction
permanent army
regiment
economy
money saved
extension of the naval armament
prominent defects in the military establishment
reform
provisional army
draft of militia
grants of money for fortifications
intercourse with France
commerce
public good
indemnity
spoilations committed on our trade
disclosure of the source
your character and talents