Procuring Contracts in the Future
Document 1799Hamilton suggests the methods by which contracts for the present and ensuing years might be procured.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hamilton suggests the methods by which contracts for the present and ensuing years might be procured.
Date
07/25/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1799072500100
Note
Cited in Hamilton to McHenry, 07/29/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
different contractors
three collective regiments
western army
Notable locations
Philadelphia
winter quarters
Notable items
supplies of rations for the ensuing and the present year
procuring contracts in the future
a few of the existing contracts for the present year [1799] embrace whole states
disappointment from their failure might be experienced
send a circular to each contractor
advertisement of the 21st of March
proposals for rations
whole States on the seaboard