Raising a Troop of Horse & Promoting Wilkinson
Document 1799Hamilton makes the case for raising a troop of horse as a way of testing innovative cavalry tactics to match those being improved in Europe. He also favors the promotion of James Wilkinson to Major General.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hamilton makes the case for raising a troop of horse as a way of testing innovative cavalry tactics to match those being improved in Europe. He also favors the promotion of James Wilkinson to Major General.
Date
06/25/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799062540200
Note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 06/27/1799.
There is a copy in the handwriting of Ethan Brown.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Commander in Chief [Washington]
troop raised as a stock on which to engraft a system of tactics for the cavalry
General Wilkinson should be made a Major General
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
raising of a troop of horse [cavalry]
improvements are going on in Europe
establish the model of a good system
[Wilkinson] has activity, courage, and talents
his pretensions to promotion in every view are strong
half-confidence is always bad
[Wilkinson] has adopted military life as a profession