Divsion of New Hampshire into Recruiting Districts
Document 1799Livermore provides his opinion as to how New Hampshire should be divided into recruiting districts with each county comprising a district and a town within each county as the district headquarters.
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[Samuel Livermore.
New Hempsh.
22 Feb. 1799
Free S Livermore
[undecipherable: probable reading "m erlan"]
Maj.r Gen.t
Alexander Hamilton
New York]
Sir Philad.a 22nd Feb. 1799
I should divide Newhampshire as followeth, The County of Rockingham to be one district for the recruiting service and Portsmouth or Exeter to be head quarters.
The county of Hillsborough one district, & Amherst the head quarters. The county of Cheshire one district, & Keen the head quarters. The countys of Strafford & Grafton to be one district & Plymouth or Gilmantown the head-quarters.
I have the honor to be
your most obed servt
Samuel Livermore
The Hon
A Hamilton
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Livermore provides his opinion as to how New Hampshire should be divided into recruiting districts with each county comprising a district and a town within each county as the district headquarters.
Date
02/22/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799022260101
Note
Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to Vol. 22.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Samuel Livermore
Notable locations
New York
Philadelphia
New Hampshire
County of Rockingham
Portsmouth
Exeter
County of Hillsborough
Amherst
County of Stratford
Grafton
Plymouth
Gilmantown
Notable items
district
recruiting service
headquarters