Captain Ingersoll's Report
Document 1799Captain Ingersoll provides a detailed report of the state of readiness of his command, including a description of the buildings he is using and the surrounding terrain in addition to his returns of clothing and arms.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Captain Ingersoll provides a detailed report of the state of readiness of his command, including a description of the buildings he is using and the surrounding terrain in addition to his returns of clothing and arms.
Date
02/18/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799021890201
Note
Partially illegible.
Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to Vol. 22.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
George Ingersoll
troops
Generals
First Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers
Major [Lewis] Tousard
officers
soldiers
non-commissioned officers
privates
troops of the Atlantic states
professional men
Captain [James] Bruff
Secretary of War [McHenry]
Lt. [Henry] Muhlenberg
George Fleming
detachment from the First Regiment of Infantry
Artificer
Notable locations
West Point
Fort Putnam
Fort Clinton
New York
Notable items
returns
clothing
arms, carriage equipage
artillery
regtular constructed crownwork
public ground
river
embrasures
battery
platforms
eighteen pounders
seacoast carriages
mortars
private ground
state of ruin
exterior walls
planks
portable property
fortifications
places of defense
building
repairs
expense
barracks
winter season
wings
battalions
readiness of the officers and men
profession
health and comfort
garrison
private contract
autumn
winter
wood
Art & Science
clothing
cold seasons
gallons
healthy situation
quartering of men
vegetables
artillery
French manual
French and English books
laboratory
new contract
supplies
provisions
ordnance
buildings
tools