Regarding Defenses of Baltimore & Boston, & Medical Establishment of the Army
Document 1799Defends his actions surrounding the appropriations for the defense of Baltimore, promises to transmit all his correspondence with the Baltimore Naval Committee to Adams, as well as information on the fortifications at Boston. Explains specific reasoning of the medical establishment regulation act. Discusses possibility of a limited filling of some of the offices created by this act. Recommends certain individuals for these purposes. Appended are "An Act to Regulate the Medical Establishment" of the U.S. Army, and a list of the names of those who have applied to be appointed chaplains in the army of the United States.
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Autograph Draft Letter Signed
Description
Defends his actions surrounding the appropriations for the defense of Baltimore, promises to transmit all his correspondence with the Baltimore Naval Committee to Adams, as well as information on the fortifications at Boston. Explains specific reasoning of the medical establishment regulation act. Discusses possibility of a limited filling of some of the offices created by this act. Recommends certain individuals for these purposes. Appended are "An Act to Regulate the Medical Establishment" of the U.S. Army, and a list of the names of those who have applied to be appointed chaplains in the army of the United States.
Date
08/12/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799081200201
Page start
1
Note
The only really legible copy is the draft, which has evident editorial marks on it; thus it is not entirely possible to discern the final text of the letter.
Notable persons
John Adams
James McHenry
General Smith
Naval Committee
hospital surgeons
regimental surgeons
surgeons mates
sick of the army
Physician General
Purveyor
President
Doctor Welch
Colonel Hummewell
Humwell
Price
chaplains
General Pinckney
John Mitchel
Simons
Notable locations
War Department
Baltimore
harbor
Boston
Notable items
appropriations
harbor
distribution of the money
protection
Act to Regulate the Medical Establishment
hospital
ships
garrison
tents
Act to Augment the Army of the United States
camps
medicines
appointment
private practice
list of names