Instructions for Winter Quarters & Paying the Troops
Document 1799General Washington discusses his orders for the disposition and quartering of troops during the winter months. He considers the erection of huts more economical than renovating existing barracks. He is disturbed at the reports that money has not been provided to pay the troops since he knows that funds have been appropriated for that purpose.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
General Washington discusses his orders for the disposition and quartering of troops during the winter months. He considers the erection of huts more economical than renovating existing barracks. He is disturbed at the reports that money has not been provided to pay the troops since he knows that funds have been appropriated for that purpose.
Date
10/26/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Mount Vernon
Collection
Document number
1799102660200
Note
Letter in the handwriting of Tobias Lear.
Cited in Washington to Hamilton, 10/27/1799, and Hamilton to Washington, 11/18/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Colonel Thomas Parker
Tobias Lear was in Berkley
Mr. [John] Mackie, agent for the War Department at Harpers Ferry
Notable locations
Mount Vernon
public ground at Harpers Ferry
Frederick Town
Carlisle
Winchester
Notable items
my instructions for hutting the troops
winter quarters for the three regiments
rough logs
slabs
barracks were not contemplated by Colonel Parker
want of money to pay the troops
appropriations
money is undoubtedly in the Treasury