Doubts of My Adequacy
Document 1799Although he has recently been appointed Assistant Adjutant General, Ellery does not yet feel qualified to give advice on the distribution of the different states into districts and sub-districts. He needs to put his private affairs in order before he proceeds to New York to assume his duties.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Although he has recently been appointed Assistant Adjutant General, Ellery does not yet feel qualified to give advice on the distribution of the different states into districts and sub-districts. He needs to put his private affairs in order before he proceeds to New York to assume his duties.
Date
05/14/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Newport
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799051490001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton, Inspector General of the Army of the United States
Abraham R. Ellery
Adjutant General [William] North
Notable locations
New York
Newport
West Indies
Notable items
absence from America
distribution of States into districts and sub-districts
circular letter
appointment of Assistant Adjutant General
total inexperience
doubts of my adequacy
my incompetence
my private affairs