Troops Near the District where the Insurrection Existed
Document 1799Hamilton warns that troops should be stationed near the district where the insurrection occurred. General MacPherson has recommended the occupying of Reading, Allentown, and Easton but there should not be too few at any one point. Hamilton recommends that one company should be at Easton and the remainder at Reading.
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Letter Signed
Description
Hamilton warns that troops should be stationed near the district where the insurrection occurred. General MacPherson has recommended the occupying of Reading, Allentown, and Easton but there should not be too few at any one point. Hamilton recommends that one company should be at Easton and the remainder at Reading.
Date
06/08/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799060837000
Notable persons
John Adlum
Alexander Hamilton
body of troops in and near that district in which the late insurrection existed
General William MacPherson
company at Easton
remainder at Reading
Notable locations
New York
Allentown
Notable items
there must not be too few at one point
discipline of the troops
prevention of injury
insult to the inhabitants