Clothing, Pay, and Rations for Private Servants, Etc.
Document 1799McHenry discusses regulations regarding officers' private servants and the drawing of provisions for "the Children of the Army"
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
McHenry discusses regulations regarding officers' private servants and the drawing of provisions for "the Children of the Army"
Date
07/10/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1799071000100
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
Commandants of posts
Major Constant Freeman, now commanding at Fort Johnson, South Carolina
General Wilkinson
officers who provide themselves private servants
Colonel John Hamtramck
Lieutenant Leonard
Notable locations
War Department
Accountant's Office
Notable items
letter from Jonathan Jackson, Supervisor at Boston
settlements for quartermaster' supplies by contractors or agents
repairs for barracks, hospitals, the building of expensive barges, etc.
letter from Major General Pinckney of 22nd June ultimo
allowances to the servants of officers
provisions from the Contractors
resolve of Congress of the 11th March 1780 allows clothing, pay, and rations to any officer entitled to a servant
subsistence [for private servants]
drawing of provisions for the Children of the Army
repairs to the hospital and officers' quarters on Beloe's Island