Emoluments Suspended for General Officers

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Emoluments Suspended for General Officers

Description

Hamilton questions the wisdom of suspending the emoluments of the General Officers until they are called into active service.

year created

1798

month created

08

day created

06

sent from location

New York

in image

notable person/group

Alexander Hamilon
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
General Officers
[James] McHenry
Colonel [Timothy] Pickering

notable location

New York

notable item/thing

appointments
emoluments
my profession
laws
good of the service
Government

document number

1798080637002

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) WGG16 (1 pages) Collection: Alexander Hamilton Papers [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Alexander Hamilton New York [n/a]
Recipient Oliver Wolcott, Jr. [unknown] [n/a]