The government pays much too dear for its supplies of provisions.
Document 1799Hamilton affirms his conviction that the government pays too much for provisions. He suggests a method of dividing the states for more efficient provision of supplies and argues that a competition among contractors should be instituted.
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Type
Autograph Draft Document
Description
Hamilton affirms his conviction that the government pays too much for provisions. He suggests a method of dividing the states for more efficient provision of supplies and argues that a competition among contractors should be instituted.
Date
07/12/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799071240000
Note
Cited in Hamilton to McHenry, 07/17/1799, McHenry to Hamilton, 07/16/1799, and McHenry to Hamilton, 07/25/1799. (Syrett listed these documents in the Appendix to vol. 23.)
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
several contractors
three regiments
Notable locations
New York
Uxbridge in Massachusetts
Gloucester in Rhode Island
Norwich in Connecticut
East Chester in New York
Brunswick or Trenton in New Jersey
north or the south side of the Potomac
Georgia
South and North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Delaware
four eastern states and Vermont
Notable items
contracts which have been made for the supply of the troops on the seaboard
in most states the price is much greater than it ought to be
election [of contractors] would be materially influenced by the cheapness of the rations
it has been judged expedient to invite a competition
early measures may be taken for winter quarters. proposal for future contracts
supply of all the troops except those composing the western army