The Virtues of Tioga Point as a Recruiting Rendezvous
Document 1799Sounding like the President of the Tioga Point Chamber of Commerice, Kirkland extols the virtues of Tioga Point as a recruiting rendezvous.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Sounding like the President of the Tioga Point Chamber of Commerice, Kirkland extols the virtues of Tioga Point as a recruiting rendezvous.
Date
01/29/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799012960101
Note
Partially illegible;
Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to Vol. 22.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
George W. Kirkland
Secretary of War [McHenry]
troops
superior officers
Notable locations
southern part of the state of New York
Tioga Point
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Hudson River
Notable items
note from the Secretary of War
appointment as a Captain of Infantry
my acceptance
appropriate rendezvous for recruiting
personal convenience
private benefit
public interest
soldier
enclosed prospectus
settlement at Tioga
respectable inland town
trading or mercantile houses
mechanics
market town
metropolis
adjacent settlements
resort
business
amusement
expense of transporting arms
rations
superior judgement
soldiery