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Transfer of Army Units and Equipment
12/03/1799 Draft LetterRoutine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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Transfer of Army Units and Equipment
11/29/1799 Draft LetterRoutine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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Transfer of Army Units and Equipment
11/22/1799 Draft LetterRoutine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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Transfer of Army Units and Equipment
11/21/1799 Autograph Letter SignedRoutine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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Transfer of Army Units and Equipment
11/19/1799 Draft LetterRoutine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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Transfer of Army units and equipment
04/08/1799 Autograph Letter SignedRoutine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment
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Train in which Indian Affairs May Proceed
05/25/1799 Copy of document"The Secretary of War has transmitted me a copy of your letter of 1st of April. Mine of the 24th indicates the train in which it is desired that Indian Affairs may proceed. But I shall be glad to be …
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Trade With Domingo Will Be Opened, Etc.
06/18/1799 Draft LetterSince Mr. Francis is the purveyor he will purchase the articles mentioned in Washington's letter. Mr. McAlpin states that some of the Spring vessels have arrived but he still has not been able to …
Special Collections, MSA SC 1407. McHenry Collection, M11697.
Trade Monopoly in the North Western Territory
09/17/1799 Letter SignedMcHenry encloses a copy of a memorial from persons engaged in trade in the North Western Territory regarding a possible trade monopoly in that region by the Commanding General.
MMC, McHenry, James: Mm85004543
Torrent of Devastation and Massacre
07/14/1799 Autograph Letter SignedBased on Information from Major Abner Hammond who is currently visiting the Creek towns, relations with the Indians are more favorable than they have appeared. Nevertheless, Governor Jackson confirms …
State of Georgia, Executive Minutes, 06/28/1798-11/07/1799.- No image
Tinber for hutting and wood for fuel should be found on the premises.
10/21/1799 Autograph Draft DocumentHamilton emphasizes that the requirement for winter quarters is huts and not barracks so as to save additional expense. The huts should be situated so as to ease the collection of timber for hutting …
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Throwing off their uniforms and appearing in frocks...
07/12/1799 Autograph Letter Signed"...I have found many officers in my division very fond of throwing off their uniform and appearing in frocks. I have directed them always to wear their uniforms; we discussed and I think agreed on …
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Thoughts on the Crime of & Pardon for Andrew Anderson
09/18/1799 LetterbookAdams discusses his thoughts on the sentencing of Andrew Anderson, believing that the prisoners Anderson was accused of helping escape had induced him to desert. Encloses Anderson's pardon, leaving …
John Adams Papers
Thoughts of the General in Chief
01/22/1799 Autograph Letter SignedMcHenry discusses General Washington's wishes to be excluded from anything other than actual field operations. The General also wants to divide the military command between the existing general …
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This injustice has fallen heavy on me, Etc.
07/01/1799 Letter SignedColonel Hamtramck provides a detailed report of the situation in the Western Country. He reports on the condition of the sundry garrisons, the state of magazines, and other stores, and the disposition …
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They eat their provisions like dogs on the ground.
08/14/1799 Autograph Letter SignedWillcocks reports on the complaints of the officers respecting their delinquent pay. The men are stealing vegetables and are in a state of mutiny over their lack of even the barest necessities like …
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They are being paid without rendering any service.
06/18/1799 Letter SignedMcHenry insists that the officers appointed for the six new companies of cavalry yet to be formed should be employed in recruiting and training infantrymen since they are currenly being paid without …
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Theft of Horses and the Murder of John Moreland, Etc.
03/09/1799 Autograph Letter SignedGovernor Jackson discusses a number of matters including the theft of horses from the Cheehaw King, the murder of John Moreland by two Coweta braves, the sale of some of Georgia's frontier land, …
State of Georgia, Executive Minutes, 06/28/1798-11/07/1799.
The Virtues of Tioga Point as a Recruiting Rendezvous
01/29/1799 Autograph Letter SignedSounding like the President of the Tioga Point Chamber of Commerice, Kirkland extols the virtues of Tioga Point as a recruiting rendezvous.
Alexander Hamilton Papers
The State of Things
05/03/1799 Autograph Letter SignedHamilton reports to General Washington on the state of recruiting and supplying what he refers to as the Provisional Army. He observes that If McHenry's actions were the equal of his good intentions, …
Alexander Hamilton Papers
The Quartermaster General's Books, Etc.
04/18/1799 Autograph Letter SignedMiller has supposed that clothing was not to come through his department except when it is related to the transportation business. The enclosed invoice contains vests for private artillery men. He …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
The Provisional Army: Accounting, Supplies, & Appointments
07/09/1799 Autograph Draft Letter SignedIn relation to to the Provisional Army, Hamilton discusses a number of accounting and supply matters and lists appointments of officers to sundry posts.
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The protracted absence of these officers is intolerable...
08/28/1799 Autograph Draft DocumentHamilton suggests that it may be expedient to notify the officers of the old infantry and artillery regiments that those officers who don't report themselves to the Secretary of War within four months …
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The Progress of My Detachment
03/21/1799 Autograph Letter SignedCapt. Henry reports on the progress of his detachment which has been delayed by unfavorable weather. Lieutenant Boote has been asked to deliver to the Quartermaster any clothing that is not being used …
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The principle you suggest cannot be put into practice.
07/29/1799 Copy of document"The principle you suggest for my consideration, though if it could be introduced it would work well, cannot in my opinion be put into practice. It would contravene too much pretension rooted as well …
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