Selection of Characters to Officer the Regiments
Document 1799General Washington stresses the importance of providing clothing for the recruits and appointing field officers for the regiment to be raised in New Hampshire. He has been asked to make recommendations for the appointment of officers from Virginia but finds it difficult due to his long absence from that State.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
General Washington stresses the importance of providing clothing for the recruits and appointing field officers for the regiment to be raised in New Hampshire. He has been asked to make recommendations for the appointment of officers from Virginia but finds it difficult due to his long absence from that State.
Date
06/06/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Mount Vernon
Collection
Document number
1799060660100
Note
In the handwriting of Tobias Lear.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
field officers for the regiment to be raised in New Hampshire
Secretary of War [McHenry]
[Tobias Lear]
Notable locations
Mount Vernon
Notable items
recruiting service
clothing
selection of characters to officer the regiments
list of names for the quota from Virginia
my long absence