Notification of Resignation
Document 1799Extensive explanation of reason for resignation given as degradation. Cited superiority over Talbot, who was promoted ahead of him, and rank of commission violated.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Extensive explanation of reason for resignation given as degradation. Cited superiority over Talbot, who was promoted ahead of him, and rank of commission violated.
Date
08/03/1799
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1799080340001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Truxtun to McHenry, 08/05/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Thomas Truxtun
Truxton
Benjamin Stoddert
Secretary of the Navy
Talbot
General Hambleton
captain
Navy
Congress
Hamilton
President Washington
Dale
Severe
deranged officers
Barry
Nicholson
officers of Government
Notable locations
Perth Amboy
New Jersey
War Department
Philadelphia
Boston
Algiers
France
Notable items
commission
private fortune
subordination
honor
Naval Service
rank
experience
frigates
appointments
pay and subsistence
claim of rank
amore patria
health