Problems with Recruits at Taunton
Document 1799Rice reports on the desertion of several recruits from the rendezvous at Taunton and the request for a discharge from a man who claims he was drunk when he enlisted.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Rice reports on the desertion of several recruits from the rendezvous at Taunton and the request for a discharge from a man who claims he was drunk when he enlisted.
Date
09/06/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Hingham, Massachusetts
Collection
Document number
1799090660000
Note
Cited in Hamilton to Rice, 09/14/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Nathan Rice
Sewall Moore has applied for a discharge or an exchange of him for another man
he pleads intoxication at the time of enlistment
Notable locations
Hingham, Massachusetts
Notable items
recruiting instructions
desertion of six recruits from the district rendezvous at Taunton
list forwarded by Major Winslow who commands there
[the recruits] had expressed uneasiness at not receiving the remaining four dollars of their bounty which they said was promised by Captain [Thomas]
statement of Lieutenant [Samuel] Flagg