Recommendation of Count Rumford, & Authorization to Offer Him Military Appointment
Document 1799Adams lists the qualities of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, acknowledging that it it is complicated to offer positions to those who left the country as he did [as a Tory], but authorizes McHenry to offer him any of the officer appointments listed in McHenry's previous letter - lieutenant colonel of an artillery & engineer regiment, independent lt. col. of engineers, inspector of artillery, or superintendent of a new military academy. All but the second could be conceived as being held simultaneously.
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Autograph Letter Signed
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Adams lists the qualities of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, acknowledging that it it is complicated to offer positions to those who left the country as he did [as a Tory], but authorizes McHenry to offer him any of the officer appointments listed in McHenry's previous letter - lieutenant colonel of an artillery & engineer regiment, independent lt. col. of engineers, inspector of artillery, or superintendent of a new military academy. All but the second could be conceived as being held simultaneously.
Date
06/24/1799
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Recipient
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Quincy
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Collection
Document number
1799062440501
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Notable persons
James McHenry
John Adams
King
Count Rumford
Benjamin Thompson
William Williams
Rufus Tyler
Notable locations
Quincy
Notable items
appointment
recommendation