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Document 1799Rice compares Uxbridge and Oxbridge as potential sites for winter quarters. He views Oxford as the most favorable site.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Rice compares Uxbridge and Oxbridge as potential sites for winter quarters. He views Oxford as the most favorable site.
Date
09/22/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Spingfield, Massachusetts
Collection
Document number
1799092260000
Note
Cited in Hamilton to Rice, 09/27/1799 and Rice to Hamilton, 10/14/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Nathan Rice
Mr. Jackson...could not offer me the least aid
Mr. Ruggles, the Contractor who accompanied me to Uxbridge
Notable locations
Spingfield, Massachusetts
Uxbridge
Providence
Boston
Worcester
Oxford
Notable items
winter quarters for the troops
twenty one acres of oak and chestnut timber
20 cords of wood per acre
grounds for encamping while the huts are erecting
saw mills
slabs
cold weather
rum
whiskey
Leyder brandy
parade