Enlistment of Minors Over the Age of 17

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Description

"...In answer to your letter of the 8th instant, there is no doubt that minors who have arrived at the age of eighteen and who are not apprentices may and ought to be enlisted and retained in the service without the consent of any other persons..."

Date

06/21/1799

Sent from

New York

Document number

1799062137100

Note

Copy in the handwriting of Ethan Brown.

Notable persons

Timothy Taylor
Alexander Hamilton
[Ethan Brown]
minors who have arrived at the age of eighteen
apprentices

Notable locations

New York