Appointing Friends of the Government to Military Stations, Etc.
Document 1799Along with a discussion of the distrubtion of the States into recruiting districts, Hamilton makes the point that political considerations should not always overrule military aptitude in the appointment of officers, especially those in the inferior grades.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Along with a discussion of the distrubtion of the States into recruiting districts, Hamilton makes the point that political considerations should not always overrule military aptitude in the appointment of officers, especially those in the inferior grades.
Date
02/06/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799020640301
Note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 02/08/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Commanders of Regiments
General Officers
[Caleb] Gibbs
friends of the government
the President [John Adams]
the president's son-in-law [William S. Smith]
Colonel [James] Fairlie
second son of our late Chief Justice [William Yates]
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
distribution of the States into recruiting districts
regiment
arrangement into subdivisions
rendezvouses
military qualification
objection against Anti-Federalism
no fixed political creed