Underaged Recuits, Deserters, and the Lack of Pay
Document 1799Rice reports on the discharge of underaged recruits, the capture of deserters, the shortage of pay, the improvement in discipline, and the appointment of his adjutant.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Rice reports on the discharge of underaged recruits, the capture of deserters, the shortage of pay, the improvement in discipline, and the appointment of his adjutant.
Date
09/23/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Springfield [Massachusetts]
Collection
Document number
1799092360100
Note
Cited in Hamilton to Rice, 10/31/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Nathan Rice
recruits
Captain Phineas Ashmun
Asa Chamberlain was seventeen the 9th of last April
William Clark was 18 yesterday
two more deserters from this district
Major Winslow
Lieutenant Henry Sergent
Mr. Roulstone
Captain Thomas Chandler
Notable locations
Springfield, Massachusetts
Notable items
confinement
my return for August
winter quarters
discipline
Major Walker's report of [the deserters]