Shelter and Wages for the 14th Regiment
Document 1799Rice informs Hamilton of the status of the construction of huts for the 14th Regiment and also the dissatisfaction among the men due to their not receiving their wages. A group was planning to desert but were prevented from doing so. The leaders now await trial by court martial.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Rice informs Hamilton of the status of the construction of huts for the 14th Regiment and also the dissatisfaction among the men due to their not receiving their wages. A group was planning to desert but were prevented from doing so. The leaders now await trial by court martial.
Date
11/09/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Oxford [Massachusetts]
Collection
Document number
1799110960200
Note
Cited in Hamilton to Rice, 11/14/1799 and Hamilton to Swan, 11/14/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Nathan Rice
recruits belonging to the 14th Regiment
Colonel Smith
the Contractor [either Joseph or Nathaniel Ruggles]
[deserters]
Paymaster General [Caleb Swan]
servants to the officers
Notable locations
Oxford, Massachusetts
Notable items
huts
tools
wages
bounty
Act of Congress declaring that the army should not at any time be more than months in arrears
Court Martial
my solicitation for money
timber