Confusion Pertaining to the Assignment of Officers

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Type

Letter Signed

Description

John Hamtramck comments that the confusion over the assignment of officers to regiments has to do largely with the great distance of communication between him and General James Wilkinson.

Date

02/05/1800

Sent from

Pittsburgh

Document number

1800020560000

Note

Papers of Alexander Hamilton, Vol. 24, pp. 224-5

Notable persons

Alexander Hamilton
John Hamtramck
James Wilkinson
officers
regiment
troops
paymaster
Yelverton Peyton

Notable locations

Pittsburgh