Early Preparation for Winter Quarters
Document 1799Hamilton lists his requirements for quartering the troops during the coming winter. He prefers New Jersey as the location and huts as quarters. Sufficient wood and water must be available at the site and he would like a location intermediate between New York and Philadelphia.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Hamilton lists his requirements for quartering the troops during the coming winter. He prefers New Jersey as the location and huts as quarters. Sufficient wood and water must be available at the site and he would like a location intermediate between New York and Philadelphia.
Date
08/22/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799082237000
Notable persons
Aaron Ogden
Alexander Hamilton
Notable locations
New York
vicinity of Raritan in the State of New Jersey
fit station for three regiments
Notable items
early preparation for winter quarters
comfortable accommodation for the troops
sufficient barracks nowhere exist
most eligible to hut the troops during the ensuing winter
it must of couse have upon it wood sufficient for the construction of huts and for fuel
convenient and adequate supply of good water
a healthful site
preferring a station as nearly intermediate as maybe to Philadelphia and New York
duty of the several contractors to provide quarters for the troops
terms of hire or purchase
there are barracks at Amboy
the repairs they may require