Arrangement of Recruiting Districts in Massachusetts
Document 1799The proposed arrangement of the recruiting districts in Massachusetts. Because of the need to include whole counties, achieving equal numbers of inhabitants in the individual districts is not practical.
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Type
Document
Description
The proposed arrangement of the recruiting districts in Massachusetts. Because of the need to include whole counties, achieving equal numbers of inhabitants in the individual districts is not practical.
Date
03/05/1799
Author
Sent from
Medford, Massachusetts
Collection
Document number
1799030555000
Note
Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to Vol. 22.
Cited in Hamilton to Rice and Hunewell, 04/10/1799.
Enclosed in Simon Elliott to Hamilton, 3/6/1799.
No author is shown but it is presumed to be General Brooks.
Notable persons
[John Brooks]
Inspector General [Hamilton]
Mr. Carlton
Notable locations
Medford, Massachusetts
First District
Suffolk
Essex
Middlesex
Second District
Hampshire
Berkshire
Third District
Plymouth
Bristol
Barnstable
Dukes county
Nantucket
Norfolk
Fourth District
York
Cumberland
Lincoln
Hancock
Washington
territory of old Massachusetts
Maine
Notable items
districts
sub-districts
recruiting service
census of 1790
four equal parts
present boundaries of counties and towns
equality in numbers
greatest possible degree of compactness
disparity in point of numbers
parcels of territory
territory of another state
sufficient number of inhabitants
existing boundaries of the counties