Discussion of Military Discipline & Hospital Stores

Item

Type

Draft Letter

Title

Discussion of Military Discipline & Hospital Stores

Description

Letter, discusses military discipline; discusses quality of hospital stores.

short description

Ltr, dis military discipline.

year created

1792

month created

02

day created

13

sent from location

Fort Washington

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Henry Knox
James Wilkinson
Dr. Allison
Major Ferguson
artillery
ordnance department
cadets
Secretary of War

notable location

Fort Washington

notable item/thing

departments
duties
army
penalties
establishment of cadets
drunkenness
confine the troops to their quarters
humanity revolts
promote the public good
officers
under some instructions
these are not explicit on that head
rule established by an inferior officer
supported the usage heretofore in practice
complaints having been made
quality of the hospital stores
impostor
commanding officer of artillery
ordnance department
latter claims it under the arrangements which prevailed
command of the late Maj. Ferguson
hospital stores
punishment

document number

1792021340001

page start

1

number of pages

3

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Document instances

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[view document] (4 pages) CRD05 (4 pages) Collection: John [James] Wilkinson, Ltr to the Spanish Goverment. [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author James Wilkinson Fort Washington [n/a]
Recipient Henry Knox [unknown] [n/a]