Apprentices Are Not To Be Enlisted; A New Court-Martial at West Point
Document 1799"I have this moment received your letter of the 29th instant. I entirely agree with you on the subject of apprentices and shall instruct accordingly. Indeed I thought it was universally to be understood that they were not to be enlisted...The Court martial at West Point being a nullity it is my first impression that I can with propriety order another to try anew. This is not the case of a trail before a competent tribunal which would have rendered a second improper."
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Type
Autograph Draft Document
Description
"I have this moment received your letter of the 29th instant. I entirely agree with you on the subject of apprentices and shall instruct accordingly. Indeed I thought it was universally to be understood that they were not to be enlisted...The Court martial at West Point being a nullity it is my first impression that I can with propriety order another to try anew. This is not the case of a trail before a competent tribunal which would have rendered a second improper."
Date
05/30/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799053040000
Note
With a postscript, dated 5/31/1799, in Ethan Brown's handwriting.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
[Ethan Brown]
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
subject of apprentices
court martial at West Point
nullity
competent tribunal