Recruits and Administrative Matters
Document 1799Hamilton lists the number of recruits to be expected by Wilkinson in the upcoming months. Discusses various matters related to the running of posts, such as compensation for men working on fortifications, compensation of property owners whose land is converted to public use, the construction of courts martial, and the usage of boats passing a frontier post.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hamilton lists the number of recruits to be expected by Wilkinson in the upcoming months. Discusses various matters related to the running of posts, such as compensation for men working on fortifications, compensation of property owners whose land is converted to public use, the construction of courts martial, and the usage of boats passing a frontier post.
Date
10/31/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799103137100
Page start
1
Notable persons
James Wilkinson
Alexander Hamilton
contractor
recruits
soldier
artificer
Quartermasters Department
proprietors
Judge Advocate
officer
superintendent
laborers
Paymaster General
Superintendent of Military Stores
Notable locations
New York
Pittsburgh
Loftus's Heights
Notable items
requisitions
provisions
command
pay
compensation
fortifications
tour
half a gill of rum
property
agreement
military usage
boats
frontier post
custom house
general courts martial
bounty money
clothing
recruiting
reenlisting