Competition Among the Actual Contractors, Etc.
Document 1799Hamilton tries to impress upon McHenry the necessity of coordinating similar prices for supplies and rations amongst the sundry states. He emphasizes the importance of stimulating competition amongst the contractors as an effective tactic for lowering prices.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hamilton tries to impress upon McHenry the necessity of coordinating similar prices for supplies and rations amongst the sundry states. He emphasizes the importance of stimulating competition amongst the contractors as an effective tactic for lowering prices.
Date
07/17/1799
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New York
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1799071740100
Note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 07/22/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
troops might be stationed collectively where the supply was cheapest
contractors might be induced to bid against each other
contractors in Maryland and Virginia
three regiments for the Northern Quarter will be stationed in Massachusetts in the vicinity of Uxbridge
Notable locations
New York
Brunswick or Trenton in New Jersey
East Chester or Bristol in Pennsylvania
one or the other side of the Potomac
Winter Quarters
Notable items
cheapening by exciting a competition among the actual contractors
in Massachusettts the ration is eleven cents & five mills
in Rhode Island it is fourteen cents
in Connecticut it is still higher
price in New York is much too high though predicated on the old ration
upon my plan a reduction may be obtained at both places [New York and Brunswick]
contract for next year
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