Officers Proposed to Fill Regimental Vacancies
Document 1799Submits a list of names proposed to fill officer vacancies in the 16th Regiment, as well as the post of Major in the 12th Regiment, along with the recommendations which governed the choices. Quotes a letter from Alexander Hamilton concerning the latter post, which recommends a man who served in the Revolution as meritorious in "political principles, character and property."
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Submits a list of names proposed to fill officer vacancies in the 16th Regiment, as well as the post of Major in the 12th Regiment, along with the recommendations which governed the choices. Quotes a letter from Alexander Hamilton concerning the latter post, which recommends a man who served in the Revolution as meritorious in "political principles, character and property."
Date
05/09/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799050900301
Page start
1
Note
Cited in McHenry to Adams, 05/09/1799. Cited in letter of the same date.
Multiple copies of the document exist; these listed under separate collections below.
Notable persons
John Adams
James McHenry
16th Regiment of Infantry
12th Regiment
major
General Alexander Hamilton
Colonel Smith
Hutton
Theodore Fowler
New York Line
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
list of names
vacancies
recommendations
declined
Revolutionary War
appointments