Major Mahlon Ford & His Family, Loyal Federalists
Document 1799Dayton attests to the exemplary character of Major Ford and his family who are loyal Federalists residing in a county in New Jersey infected with Jacobinism.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Dayton attests to the exemplary character of Major Ford and his family who are loyal Federalists residing in a county in New Jersey infected with Jacobinism.
Date
03/20/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799032060001
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Jonathan Dayton
Major [Mahlon] Ford
his family
subaltern in my father's Regiment
Secretary of War [McHenry]
people of New Jersey
[William] McPherson
Notable locations
New York
Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Newark
Morris
Notable items
post office at Newark
mail
the Major's character
political principles
head of the Federalists in Morris County
torrent of Jacobinism
Revolutionary War
scene insurrection
Government and Administration
precautions
selection of their militia
cautionary hint to our Governor