Rations and Winter Quarters for 1799

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Type

Letter Signed

Description

McHenry discusses plans for contracts for supplying rations to the Army and proposals for winter quarters of the troops

Date

07/16/1799

Sent from

War Department

Document number

1799071600100

Note

Cited in Hamilton to McHenry, 07/17/1799.

Notable persons

Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
Quartermaster General [John Wilkins, Jr.]

Notable locations

War Department
winter quarters of the troops

Notable items

modification of the invitations to supply rations for the troops on the seaboard
advertisement calling for proposals for the year 1799
copies of the contracts with which you have been furnished for the supplies for the troops
my letter of instructions
diminution of the price of the ration
supply for the whole troops or the troops in any combination of states