Injurious Acts of the Disaffected Part of the Country
Document 1799Adlum claims that dividing his force would cause it to appear small in the eyes of people he calls "the disaffected part of the Country." He accuses these "Democrats" of interfering with recruiting and encouraging deserters. He believes that many of them would even join the French if they invaded the United States.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Adlum claims that dividing his force would cause it to appear small in the eyes of people he calls "the disaffected part of the Country." He accuses these "Democrats" of interfering with recruiting and encouraging deserters. He believes that many of them would even join the French if they invaded the United States.
Date
07/22/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Reading, Pennsylvania
Collection
Document number
1799072260000
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
John Adlum
the Democrats, as they call them
Captain Peter Faulkner
two deserters
troops stationed at Easton, Allentown, and Cootsdown [Kutztown, Pennsylvania]
Doctor James Diemer
Notable locations
Reading, Pennsylvania
Northampton County
Notable items
it will be improper to divide so small a force
it will make us appear little in the eyes of the disaffected
information I have from Easton
they prevent his [Faulkner's] recruiting by persuading persons from enlisting
little or no communication from the disaffected
we suspect them for having persuaded a number of troops to desert
I think it would be prudent to have a Military Survey made of this country from the Delaware to the Susquehanna
I have no doubt but that numbers would join the French were they to invade our country
principal disease among the men is the flux