Information Concerning Several Posts of the Western Arrny
Document 1799Hamilton expresses his gratitude to Hamtramck for the information he has provided concerning the several posts he has visited including the fact that the provisions for women have exceeded the allowed proportions. He comments on a number of matters related to the town of Detroit and strained relations between the troops and its citizens.
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Type
Draft Letter
Description
Hamilton expresses his gratitude to Hamtramck for the information he has provided concerning the several posts he has visited including the fact that the provisions for women have exceeded the allowed proportions. He comments on a number of matters related to the town of Detroit and strained relations between the troops and its citizens.
Date
11/09/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799110937300
Notable persons
John F. Hamtramck
Alexander Hamilton
General Wilkinson
officers of the First Regiment
magistrate of [Detroit]
Governor of the territory
Commanding General of the Western Army
electors of paymasters
the President [Adams]
Captain Charles Hyde
Accountant of the War Department
Notable locations
New York
Wilmington, Delaware
Trenton
Pittsburgh
Notable items
provisions to women
causes of disorder
want of discipline
recruiting service
clothing
medicine
hospital supplies
indubitable claims of the US in the towns and domains of Detroit
martial law
stockade
exterior fortifications
fortress
Indian hostility
proceedings of the General Court Martial in the case of Cornelius McMahon have been transmitted to the Secretary of War
double subsistence
transfer of the officers of the infantry at Niagara to the First Regiment