Double Rations for General Wilkinson
Document 1800Brigadier General Wilkinson's claim to double rations should be decided entirely according to existing laws but it is McHenry's private opinion that a reasonable construction of the law would indicate that the General is entitled to double rations. A similar interpretation would embrace Maj. Generals Hamilton and Pinckney.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Brigadier General Wilkinson's claim to double rations should be decided entirely according to existing laws but it is McHenry's private opinion that a reasonable construction of the law would indicate that the General is entitled to double rations. A similar interpretation would embrace Maj. Generals Hamilton and Pinckney.
Date
05/17/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1800051700101
Page start
1
Note
In an earlier letter of this date from McHenry to Simmons, McHenry cites two letters of the 21st of March and the 5th of May. The letter cited in this document may refer to a second letter of the 5th of May.
Cited in Simmons to Swan, 05/20/1800.
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William Simmons
James McHenry
Brigadier General James Wilkinson
Major General Alexander Hamilton
Major General Charles Pinckney
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War Department
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