Preparations for the Reduction of Force
Document 1800Pinckney is busy preparing for the reduction. The 10th Regiment will march to Pennsylvania there to be disbanded and the 9th Regiment to Maryland for the same purpose. Cost of marching troops to Pennsylvania for discharge could be avoided if they were disbanded in the state of their current post. Protested War Departments current entrenchment in forms and etiquette, requested bounty money and allowance for recruits.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Pinckney is busy preparing for the reduction. The 10th Regiment will march to Pennsylvania there to be disbanded and the 9th Regiment to Maryland for the same purpose. Cost of marching troops to Pennsylvania for discharge could be avoided if they were disbanded in the state of their current post. Protested War Departments current entrenchment in forms and etiquette, requested bounty money and allowance for recruits.
Date
05/30/1800
Recipient
Sent from
Camp near Harpers Ferry [VA]
Collection
Document number
1800053060000
Page start
1
Notable persons
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Alexander Hamilton
officers
men
troops
subaltern
cavalry
artillery
infantry
cavalry
Notable locations
Camp near Harper's Ferry
Harper's Ferry
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
War Department
North Carolina
Notable items
waggon
wagon
bounty
money
pay
allowance