James McHenry

5199 documents

RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
11/04/1799 Draft Letter
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers
Printed Versions
RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
11/02/1799 Draft Document
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Printed Versions
RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
10/31/1799 Draft Letter
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Printed Versions
RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
10/30/1799 Draft Letter
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Printed Versions
RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
10/04/1799 Draft Letter
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers
Printed Versions
RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
10/04/1799 Draft Letter
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Printed Versions
RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
10/03/1799 Draft Letter
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Printed Versions
RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
10/02/1799 Draft Letter
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Printed Versions
RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
09/20/1799 Draft Letter
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Printed Versions
RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
07/15/1799 Contemporary Copy of Letter
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Printed Versions
RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
07/13/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers
Printed Versions
RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
07/07/1799 Autograph Draft Letter
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers
Printed Versions
RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
09/21/1799 Autograph Draft Letter Signed
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Printed Versions
Re Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
11/04/1799 Draft Document
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Printed Versions
Rations for troops stationed in New Jersey
07/19/1799 Copy of Signed Document
Senator Dayton requests some additional information about the supplying of rations to U.S. troops stationed in both Elizabethtown and New Jersey as a whole. Dayton wishes to know whether the supply of …
James McHenry Papers
Rand Should Be Discharged Due to Extreme Intemperance, Etc.
02/13/1799 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Gates recommends that elderly 42-year-old Abraham Rand be discharged from the service due to his extreme intemperance. He notes that he now commands 74 men and does not have enough clothing and …
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Raising Provisional Army
05/13/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Alludes to Fries Rebellion; discusses raising Provisional Army; provisional commissions, artillery. Alludes to French Revolution.
Gilder Lehrman Collection.
Raising a Troop of Horse & Promoting Wilkinson
06/25/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Hamilton makes the case for raising a troop of horse as a way of testing innovative cavalry tactics to match those being improved in Europe. He also favors the promotion of James Wilkinson to Major …
Printed Versions
Questions about Supplies
03/26/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Writes about collection and transportation of supplies.
MMC, McHenry, James: Mm85004543
Quartermaster Report; Reports Intent to Erect Post with Natchez
07/24/1799 Letterbook
Encloses monthly returns for quartermaster stores. Announces arrival of Captain Rickard with news from General Wilkinson, requesting cash for recruiting. Reports visit from Dr. Powel [Powell] of the …
Letters Sent by David Henley, Agent of the War Department, May 1, 1799-May 7, 1800. (RG217)
Quantity of Ammunition to be Forwarded to Fort Adams
04/23/1799 Autograph Draft Letter
In the interest of safety during conveyance, the quantity of ammunition intended for the artillery at Fort Adams should not exceed the estimate.
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Punishment of mischief makers; William Augustus Bowles
11/06/1799 Author's Letterbook Copy
Informs of efforts to aid Creek chiefs in execution of plan to punish mischief makers. Discusses talk to nation concerning William Augustus Bowles and his attempts to disturb the peace.
Benjamin Hawkins Letterbook
Public Opinion on Selection of Officers
10/08/1799 Contemporary Copy of Letter
Promotion of Solomon Van Renssalear, and general opinion of public that officers should be selected from class of citizens that have vested interest in the welfare of the land.
Cherry Hill Collection
Provisions Should be Made for Reimbursement
06/12/1799 Copy of document
Quotes from a "letter from Colonel Hall of the 10th instant" and states: "...In the commencement of similar operations, a good zeal will occasion some wondering which must be sanctioned as to the past …
Printed Versions
Providing Virginia's Officers With Their Commissions
04/15/1799 Autograph Draft Letter
Hamilton quotes a letter from General Washington who complains that the officers of Virginia has yet to receive their commissions and this is the cause of much dissatisfaction.
Alexander Hamilton Papers