Denial of Cannon Loan to Militia; Medical Appointments for 14th and 15th Regiments

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Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Explains reasons for denying the loan of army cannons to the Northampton, Massachusetts militia, because of the need to keep army materiel in the best condition possible. Also encloses appointments for surgeons and surgeon's mates in the fourteenth and fifteenth Regiments [included].

Date

08/06/1799

Recipient

Sent from

War Department

Collection

Document number

1799080600401

Page start

1

Notable persons

John Adams
James McHenry
volunteers
surgeon
surgeons mates
President of the United States
Infantry
Charles Blake
Luther Stearns
Josiah Dwight
Oliver Mann
Jonathan White
Ebenezer Lawrence

Notable locations

War Department
Northampton
Massachusetts

Notable items

application
field pieces
artillery
loan
enclosed list
appointment