Reasons for Resignation
Document 1800A copy of McHenry's letter to his nephew sent to Hamilton which explains in detail his resignation as Secretary of War. In essence, President Adams forced his entire cabinet to resign believing them disloyal in an election year and not supportive of the mission to France.
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Type
Autograph Draft Letter
Description
A copy of McHenry's letter to his nephew sent to Hamilton which explains in detail his resignation as Secretary of War. In essence, President Adams forced his entire cabinet to resign believing them disloyal in an election year and not supportive of the mission to France.
Date
05/20/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1800052000201
Page start
1
Note
Enclosed in McHenry to Hamilton, 5/20/1800. Cited in Hamilton to McHenry, 05/22/1800. Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to Vol. 24; published in The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, volume XXIV, 507-512.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
John McHenry Jr
President
Vice President
cabinet
Oliver Wolcott
Timothy Pickering
Benjamin Stoddert
Charles Lee
Congress
purveyor
Charles Coteworth Pinckney
General Washington
Henry Knox
John Marshall
Samuel Dexter
Harper
Judge Ellsworth
Governor Davie
Mr. Murray
Notable locations
Philadelphia
New York
South Carolina
Georgetown
France
England
North Carolina
Baltimore
Notable items
resignation
antifederal ticket
war
friendship
principles
news
election
appointed
newspaper
legal studies