All these causes have unhappily cooperated.

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Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Ogden lists the variables causing the uneven results in the recruiting effort in his sector, including the talent and zeal of the recruiting officers, the disposition of the local inhabitants toward the government, and the shortage of officers caused by vacancies and illness.

Date

06/23/1799

Author

Sent from

Elizabeth Town, New Jersey

Collection

Document number

1799062360100

Notable persons

Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Ogden

Notable locations

Elizabeth Town,New Jersey

Notable items

success of recruiting in the several sub-district has been exceedingly various
different degrees of address or talent
activity in the recruiting officers
good or ill disposition of the inhabitants toward the government
want of officers occasioned by vacancies and sickness
all these causes have unhappily cooperated