Tinber for hutting and wood for fuel should be found on the premises.
Document 1799Hamilton emphasizes that the requirement for winter quarters is huts and not barracks so as to save additional expense. The huts should be situated so as to ease the collection of timber for hutting and wood for fuel.
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Type
Autograph Draft Document
Description
Hamilton emphasizes that the requirement for winter quarters is huts and not barracks so as to save additional expense. The huts should be situated so as to ease the collection of timber for hutting and wood for fuel.
Date
10/21/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799102137000
Note
Cited in Parker to Hamilton, 1`0/30/1799.
Notable persons
Thomas Parker
Alexander Hamilton
Commander in Chief [Washington]
Mr. Lear
Mr. Mackie, Agent of the War Department
Notable locations
New York
Trenton
Department of War
Notable items
winter quarters
timber for hutting
wood for fuel
necessary articles for building
huts
barracks