Candidates for Army Appointments from Connceticut
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Candidates for Army Appointments from Connceticut
Description
Extensive list of men reviewed for army appointments. Reviews provided by multiple sources, Wadsworth, Tracy, Talmage were main reviewers. Political affiliation, military history, and prior occupations listed with some men.
year created
1798
sent from location
Philadelphia
in collection
in publication
note
This document is in the handwriting of Hamilton and Pinckney. According to Syrett, H, George Washington, and Pinckney prepared this list, which is undated, during their meetings in Philadelphia.
print doc only.
print doc only.
created note
Syrett dated this document, November-December, 1798.
author note
Hamilton; Washington; Pinckey.
notable person/group
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
William Edmond
John Allen
Nathaniel Smith
Uriah Tracy
Jesse Hopkins
David Smith
Captain
Tracy Wadsworth
Abraham Baldwin
Aaron Benjamin Stratford
Ajutant
David Tallman
Democrat
Federalist
Allen Smith
Colonel Bradley
merchant
John Foot
David Koeler
Jeremiah Wadsworth
Benjamin Tallmadge
Philip Bradley
Chauncey Goodrich
Oliver Ellsworth
Samuel Lyman
General Knox
Samuel Williams
Daniel Tollotson
John Benjamin
Joseph Mix Jr.
Elihu Sandford
Solomon Allyn
William Marsh
Joseph Barrett
Benhoni Clark
Simon Clark
John Hart
James Morris
Joseph Day
Elisha Frost
John Boolford
William Moseley
Gershom Burr
Stephen Ranney
Noah Phelps
Samuel Blakelee
Ambrose Hitchcock
John Meigs
Reuben Champion
Russel Bissel
John Hobart
field officers
Garwood Cunningham
Naniel Smith
David Judson
Justus Barnum
Josiah Cooke
Eli Mygatt
Zephaniah Smith
John Ripley
Jonathan Trumball
Elijah Chapman
Ebenezer Huntington
Jabez Huntington
Burr Gilbert
Augustine Taylor
Thaddeus Burr
Elisha Sheldon
James Morris
Timothy Taylor
Eliza Wadsworth
Joseph Wilcox
Samuel Wyllys
Herman Swift
Thomas Grosvernor
Jonathan Ingersoll
Hezekiah Hosmer
David Daggett
Nathan Beers
Samuel Hull
William Young
Zephaniah Smith
Joseph Dewett
Thomas King
John Knox
William Bellamy
Albin Hurlbert
Charles Ledyard
Leonard Seymour
Oliver Wolcott Jr.
Asa Morgan
Reuben Heard
Trueman Mosely
Trueman Hinman
Ebenezer Bebee
Lemuel Harrison
Bennett Bronson
Phineas Cadwell
Sameul Waugh
Thomas Day
Salmon Clark
Peter N. Brinsmade
Benjamin Judd
Philo Gibbs
Rufus Case
Joseph Wells
Walter Smith
Job Tabor Bolls
artillerists
Samuel Gaup
physician
Timothy Pearce
Abel Catlin
Thaddeus Waugh
William Bostwick
Tudor
notable location
Philadelphia
Fairfield County
Litchfield
Woodbury
Waterbury
New Haven
Windsor
Amherst
Simsbury
Suffield
Glastonbury
Derby
Windham
Stoney Point
Southbury
Southboro
New London
Stratford
Litchfield
Danbury
Ridge Field
Weatherfield
New Haven
Hartford
Windsor
Plymouth
Southbury
Amherst
Simsbury
Suffield
Norcwich
Darby
Southbury
Southboro
Waterbury
notable item/thing
appointments
notable idea/issue
brave
enterprising
education
character
manners
service
American Revolution
Connecticut General Assembly
appointment
promotion
document number
1798999990000
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Alexander Hamilton | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Author | George Washington | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Author | Charles Cotesworth Pinckney | Philadelphia | [n/a] |