Renewed Request for an Appointment
Document 1799Gibbs has not yet been given an appointment and renews his request for one. He would like to be in the staff, possibly as Deputy Quarter Master General, and addresses his request to Washington at the suggestion of the President.
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Type
Letter
Description
Gibbs has not yet been given an appointment and renews his request for one. He would like to be in the staff, possibly as Deputy Quarter Master General, and addresses his request to Washington at the suggestion of the President.
Date
04/21/1799
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1799042190000
Note
Enclosed in Gibbs to Hamilton, 04/25/1799. Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to Vol. 23.
Two copies in the handwriting of Gibbs, one marked 'Duplicate.'
Published in The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition, ed. Theodore J. Crackel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2008.
Notable persons
George Washington
Caleb Gibbs
Major General Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of War
officers of rank
Deputy Quarter Master General
President John Adams
Commander in Chief
Notable locations
Boston
Philadelphia
Notable items
appointments
honorable testimonials
renewing my respects
approbation
unsuccessful application
regimental engagements
staff
activity, arrangement, and economy
line of the army
appointment I now solicit