Preserving Content Among the Troops
Document 1799Hamilton declares that the supply of clothing must keep pace with the progress of recruitment. It would be better to slow the progress of recruitment than to recruit men and fail to provide them with proper clothing.
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Type
Autograph Draft Document
Description
Hamilton declares that the supply of clothing must keep pace with the progress of recruitment. It would be better to slow the progress of recruitment than to recruit men and fail to provide them with proper clothing.
Date
07/06/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799070640100
Note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 07/10/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
number of men to be brought together to contract disgust and discredit the public operation
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
Colonel Thomas Parker's letter of June 30 concerning lack of clothing for recruits
accelerate the arrival of clothing
necessity of preserving contentment among the troops
maintaining in their eyes the justice and respectability of the government
if there be not an absolute certainty that the supply of clothing will keep pace with the progress of recruiting