Leaving Minute Details to the Principal Actors, Etc.
Document 1799Hamilton discusses a number of concerns: the Indian boundary line, martial law at Detroit; money and clothing to the States, and leaving details to the officers most in a position to handle them.
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Type
Autograph Draft Letter
Description
Hamilton discusses a number of concerns: the Indian boundary line, martial law at Detroit; money and clothing to the States, and leaving details to the officers most in a position to handle them.
Date
04/13/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799041340101
Note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 04/15/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
agents of the [War] Department
Colonels of Regiments
Commandants of the Regiments
Commanding General
Secretary of War [McHenry]
Notable locations
New York
every distant State
Detroit
Notable items
injunctions respecting the Indian boundary line
martial law at Detroit
authority
money and clothing to the several states
names of the Paymasters
subdistricts
obstacles to the execution of the service