Much more system and punctuality than have heretofore obtained...
Document 1799Hamilton stresses the importance of efficiency and punctuality in supplying and paying the army. If possible, surplus supplies should be kept on hand, especially at the more remote posts, should the need for them arise. He discusses the best route of conveyance to the troops of the lower parts of the Mississippi.
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Autograph Draft Document
Description
Hamilton stresses the importance of efficiency and punctuality in supplying and paying the army. If possible, surplus supplies should be kept on hand, especially at the more remote posts, should the need for them arise. He discusses the best route of conveyance to the troops of the lower parts of the Mississippi.
Date
08/22/1799
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Recipient
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New York
Collection
Document number
1799082240100
Note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 08/29/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Captain Pasteur
Notable locations
New York
Massac
garrison of Oswego has been removed to Niagara
New Orleans is the best channel of conveyance to the troops on the lowest parts of the Mississippi
route of the Ohio
Notable items
letter from General Wilkinson
supply of clothing for the troops on the northern and southwestern frontiers
send a surplus of 100 suits to the Natchez
three hundred to Pittsburgh
recruiting
there should always be a surplus on hand
necessity of having an extra supply of clothing always in disposal at some of the western posts
new disposition of the western army
armed vessel
convoy of some of our merchant vessels
casualties incident of the approaching season to interior navigation
disagreeable procrastination of pay
disadvantages of withholding the pay
it is essential to the prosperity of our military affairs that there shall be much more system and punctuality than have heretofore obtained