Advise on Marching Troops
Document 1800It was decided b/w Wilkinson and Pinckney that troops should be marched to Harper's Ferry. Some discrepancies over which regiments were under Pinckney's command. Requests directions. Discussed pay and rations and allocation for various ranking officers. Enraged certain officers receive disparate quantities.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
It was decided b/w Wilkinson and Pinckney that troops should be marched to Harper's Ferry. Some discrepancies over which regiments were under Pinckney's command. Requests directions. Discussed pay and rations and allocation for various ranking officers. Enraged certain officers receive disparate quantities.
Date
01/21/1800
Recipient
Sent from
Cantonment, Harpers Ferry
Collection
Document number
1800012160000
Note
Cited in Hamilton to Pinckney, 03/17/1800 and Pinckney to Hamilton, 03/24/1800.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
James Wilkinson
Secretary of War
Daniel Bradley
Joseph Brock
Gaither
Hugh McCall
Thomas Martin
Samuel Tinsley
Robert
Torrans
John Thompson
Samuel Allinson
William Bentley
Sparkes
William Campbell
invader
Inspector General
marquee
field officer
staff
Daniel Jones
George Stevenson
William Peters
Deputy Paymaster
Notable locations
Cantonment, Harper's Ferry
Virginia
Staunton
Tennessee
Georgia
Kentucky
sea coast
territory
Philadelphia
Notable items
money
pay
forage
rations
camp equipage
brandy
meat
wine
groceries