Division of Circle 14 into Sub-Districts
Document 1799Rices describes in detail how, following the geographical rule, he has divided Circle 14 of the State of Massachusetts into sub-districts.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Rices describes in detail how, following the geographical rule, he has divided Circle 14 of the State of Massachusetts into sub-districts.
Date
04/28/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Boston
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799042860100
Note
Enclosure: Distribution and Assignment of the 14th Circle in the State of Massachusetts into Sub-Districts, under the direction of Lieut. Colonel Commandant Rice.
Cited in Hamilton to Rice, 05/09/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Nathan Rice
Colonel [Richard] Hunnewell
General [John] Brooks
commanding officer at each rendezvous
paymaster
tailors
my regimental staff
Notable locations
Boston
Western extremity of the State
Counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, and two-thirds of Worcester
Suffolk
Norfolk
Bristol
Plymouth
Barnstable
Dukes County
Nantucket
places of rendezvous
Sommerset
Notable items
your directions
division of the State into sub-districts
circle 14
alterations
geographical rule
districts
mode of division
equal division of the inhabitants
compactness of each circle
names of the principal officers of each sub-district
distribution of clothing to the recruits
economy
expense of transportation
danger of loss in distribution
regimental deposit and issue
recruiting service
prompt issue of the clothes
superintendence of the issues
character of a soldier
barracks
supplies
rank of the officers commanding regiments
duties