Appointments in the Provisional Army
Document 1799Washington assesses the qualifications of a number of officers from Virginia whose names have been put forward for appointments in the provisional army.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Washington assesses the qualifications of a number of officers from Virginia whose names have been put forward for appointments in the provisional army.
Date
06/06/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Mount Vernon
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799060640301
Page start
1
Note
Cited in McHenry to Washington, 06/18/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
George Washington
engineers
General Marshall
General Lee
a Frenchman
General Pinckney
head of the corps of engineers
Major Rivardi
Major George Lewis
general officers
Colonel Baylor's regiment of cavalry
Virginia Cavalry
Doctor Welford
Director of the Medical Department
most respectable families
Captain Thomas Turner
infantry
characters in Virginia
Notable locations
Mount Vernon
War Department
Virginia
Philadelphia
Great Britain
Fredericksburg
France
Notable items
applications for appointments
promotion
recommendation
eventual or provisional army
official advertisement
commissions
delicacy of the task
names of persons acquainted with engineering
merits or qualifications
Revolutionary War
western expedition
War for Independence