Proper Arrangements for the Command of the Military Force

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Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Hamilton provides the details of his plan to organize the [Eventual] Army with himself, as Inspector General, superintending the whole.

Date

01/24/1799

Recipient

Sent from

New York

Document number

1799012440001

Note

Partially illegible.

Notable persons

James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Commander in Chief [Washington]
Inspector General [Hamilton]
General [Charles Cotesworth] Pinckney
troops upon the Lakes
troops in Tennessee
Secretary of War [McHenry]

Notable locations

New York
north of Maryland
the Miami [River]
Lake Erie

Notable items

scruples
military points
military force
Major Generals
organs of the Department of War
vigilant militry superintendence
the Western Army
communication