Appointment & Recommendations of Officers from Massachusetts Volunteers
Document 1799Notifies McHenry of the appointment to a regular army officer's post a Captain Chandler and Lieutenant Flagg of the Massachusetts volunteers, and recommends others from the same source.
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Quincy May 18th 1799
Sir
[...] have taken [Lt.] [undecipherable] [undecipherable: probable reading Noland] Flagg from the volunteer company of cadet Infantry & therefore in a [undecipherable: probable reading princi-]ple into the regular army, their officers must be appointed.
Thomas Denny Capt Nathan Alston Lieut Enoch Flagg second lieutenant are recommended to me by the company & others as suitable characters for the officers & I pray you to send their commissions accordingly as soon as possible
Sect at War. I am &c.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Notifies McHenry of the appointment to a regular army officer's post a Captain Chandler and Lieutenant Flagg of the Massachusetts volunteers, and recommends others from the same source.
Date
05/18/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Quincy
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799051891003
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
John Adams
regular army officer
Massachusetts Volunteers
Captain Chandler
Lieutenant Enoch Flagg
cadet
infantry
Secretary of War
President of United States
Thomas Denny
Notable locations
Quincy
Massachusetts
Notable items
pay
commissions
recommendation