Private Letter Regarding Commissions and Recruiting
Document 1799Friendly, private letter regarding discontent with the delay commissions and recruiting services. Many men have put their lives on hold in expectation of a commission and want to know how much longer they will have to wait. Washington also complains about the potential recruits for the army, and comments on other topics relating to the military and the Department of War.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Friendly, private letter regarding discontent with the delay commissions and recruiting services. Many men have put their lives on hold in expectation of a commission and want to know how much longer they will have to wait. Washington also complains about the potential recruits for the army, and comments on other topics relating to the military and the Department of War.
Date
03/25/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Mount Vernon
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799032540001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 08/30/1799; McHenry to Washington, 03/30/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
George Washington
commissioners
recruits
John Adams
President
Augmented Corps
Alexander Hamilton
Caleb Gibbes
General Benjamin Lincoln
Henry Knox
General Brooks
General Jackson
Lieutenant Mercer
Mr. Custis
Notable locations
Mount Vernon
Philadelphia
Cambridge
Notable items
recruiting
commissions
blame
business
views or designs of Government
inconvenience
retirement
trustee of other estates
matters of a military nature
Recruiting Service
employment
well organized and well disciplined body of men
tactics
applications
Revolutionary War
veto
recommendations
newspapers
promotion
feelings of the officers
duties