Order: Hold Yourself in Readiness

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Type

Contemporary Printed Copy of Letter/Document (other than PL/PD)

Description

This a circular letter to officers to hold themselves in readiness until specific orders are issued and, since the appointment of officers in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia is incomplete, no final arrangements have been made regarding relative rank.

Date

04/01/1799

Sent from

War Department

Document number

1799040100101

Page start

1

Note

Circular Letter. Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 04/16/1799.

Notable persons

James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton

Notable locations

War Department
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia

Notable items

orders
recruiting
rank
commissions
appointment of officers