Expectation of Promotion by Succession
Document 1799Hamilton explains his conception of the appropriate manner in which vacancies in the officer corps are to be filled. Generally, vacancies are to be filled by succession and not by the insertion of new men.
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Type
Autograph Draft Document
Description
Hamilton explains his conception of the appropriate manner in which vacancies in the officer corps are to be filled. Generally, vacancies are to be filled by succession and not by the insertion of new men.
Date
09/27/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799092740000
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Commandants of Regiments
General Pinckney
Secretary of War [McHenry]
intruders
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
letter of Colonel Hunewell
vacancy