Inferior Quality of Supplies
Document 1800General Hamilton says he is pained by Col. Smith's report on the inferior quality of the supplies and attributes the ill health of some of the men to the badness of the bread and thinness of the beef.
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Draft Letter
Description
General Hamilton says he is pained by Col. Smith's report on the inferior quality of the supplies and attributes the ill health of some of the men to the badness of the bread and thinness of the beef.
Date
01/03/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1800010337000
Note
Papers of Alexander Hamilton, Vol. 24, p. 157
Notable persons
Elias Dayton
Alexander Hamilton
William Smith
merchant
Notable locations
New York
War Department
Notable items
bread
flour
supplies
good
articles
rations
provisions
beef