General Superintendance of the Atlantic Posts
Document 1800Smith requests that he be charged, if only pro hac, with the general superintendence, under Hamilton, of the Atlantic posts. Also requested that if Hamilton chose to retire that he be replaced by an American and not a French officer (referring to Lewis Tousard), who he believed to be overrated.
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Smith requests that he be charged, if only pro hac, with the general superintendence, under Hamilton, of the Atlantic posts. Also requested that if Hamilton chose to retire that he be replaced by an American and not a French officer (referring to Lewis Tousard), who he believed to be overrated.
Date
05/28/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Collection
Document number
1800052860000
Page start
1
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
William S Smith
Union Brigade
John Adams
President
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Lewis Tousard
French
Notable locations
Scotch Plains
New Jersey
Union Brigade
Head Quarters
Atlantic post