Insufficient Supplies and Quarters at Baltimore
Document 1799"...your order of the 15th explanatory of the Contractor's agreement with the Secretary of War is very timely...There are complaints that the small parts of rations are not regularly supplied...I was much disappointed when I arrived at Baltimore to find there was not an article of quartermaster stores except drums and fifes and but a very partial supply of clothing. Tents and kettles are much wanted. The troops are generally but badly quartered..."
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
"...your order of the 15th explanatory of the Contractor's agreement with the Secretary of War is very timely...There are complaints that the small parts of rations are not regularly supplied...I was much disappointed when I arrived at Baltimore to find there was not an article of quartermaster stores except drums and fifes and but a very partial supply of clothing. Tents and kettles are much wanted. The troops are generally but badly quartered..."
Date
06/25/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Collection
Document number
1799062560000
Note
Cited in Hamilton to McHenry, 07/10/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Josias Carvel Hall
Secretary of War [McHenry]
Notable locations
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Baltimore
Notable items
contractor's agreement
rations
quartermaster stores
drums and fifes
tents
kettles