Commencement of Pay & Emoluments

100%

No human transcription currently available for this document.

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

McHenry assures Hamilton that his pay and emoluments will commence immediately. Therefore, he is to proceed with his duties including the development of a system of tactics and discipline and determining the best positions for the recruiting parties and general rendezvouses.

Date

01/09/1799

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1799010900100

Notable persons

Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
the Senate
[Philip] Church
Secretary of War
congress

Notable locations

New York
Philadelphia
rendezvous

Notable items

commencement of your pay and emoluments
your duties and command
system of tactics and discipline
recruiting parties
general rendezvouses
several grand subdivisions
Church's nomination
inferior grades