General Orders will put almost an entire stop to recruiting in Pennsylvania...
Document 1799" ...I made a trip to the Westward some time ago in order to visit some of my recruiting posts and am happy to inform you that the officers conduct themselves with great propriety and they have met with considerable sucess but all agree in opinion that the late General Orders will put almost an entire stop to the recruiting business in Pennsylvania...I can inform you that I have 200 to 250 recruits on their march to headquarters where they will arrive about the last of this month..."
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
" ...I made a trip to the Westward some time ago in order to visit some of my recruiting posts and am happy to inform you that the officers conduct themselves with great propriety and they have met with considerable sucess but all agree in opinion that the late General Orders will put almost an entire stop to the recruiting business in Pennsylvania...I can inform you that I have 200 to 250 recruits on their march to headquarters where they will arrive about the last of this month..."
Date
07/24/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Bristol, Pennsylvania
Collection
Document number
1799072460100
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Lloyd Moore
recruits
Notable locations
Bristol, Pennsylvania
the Westward
recruiting posts
headquarters
Notable items
General Orders [6/6/1799]
recruiting business