Candidates for Army Appointments from Maryland
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Candidates for Army Appointments from Maryland
Description
Extensive list of candidates reviewed for appointments to the army. Professions, military career, and character insight provided by reviewers.
year created
1798
sent from location
Philadelphia
in collection
in publication
note
According to Syrett, Hamilton, George Washington, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney prepared this list, which is undated, during their meetings at 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 Coteworth Pinckney
John Carlisle
Josias Carvel Hall
colonel
Federalist
Democrat
Joseph Foreman
John Eager Howard
William Hindman
lawyer
James Lloyd
James McHenry
Samuel Smith
Levin Handy
captain
cavalry
John Adlum
militia
General
Richard Peters
Benjamin Stoddert
James Ross
Joshua Seney
William Matthews
William D. Beale
James Waters
Joshua Clayton
George Finley
John Bowen
John Thompson
James McKinsey
Ezekial Towson
Nathan N. Wright
John Nicholson
Hugh McCurdy
Hugh Matthews
Jonathan Hodgson
James Bayard
James Clayton
Richard Bassett
Gabriel Duval
William Winchester
Merril
Roger Nelson
John R. Bryce
Joseph Parrot
Jacob Giles Smith
John Davidson
Robert Ridgely
John Gasseway
Roger Nelson
George Neilson
William Paca
colonial legislature
Samuel Hughes
Edward Oldham
Joshua Dosey
John Montgomery
John Coleman
John Creswell
Sinclair Lancaster
Samuel Davis
Elisha Jarret
William Miller
William Savin
Thomas Porter
Wiliam Spencer
William S. Dallman
Philip Thomas
John Mifflin
George Gale
Samuel Chase
John Carlisle
Henry C. Neale
Richard Earl
Isaac Spencer
George Dent
Richard Barnes
Peter Ford
Philip Ford Jr.
Perry Benson
Nicholas Hammond
Jeremiah Crabb
delegates
Edward A. Howard
William Knight
Benjamin Burch
Benjamin Harrison
Richard Cooke
Bejamin Rumsey
Andrew Hall
James Tilghman
William Dent Beall
Jonathan R. Wilmer
merchant
vestryman
Edward Tighman
John Chew Thomas
Thomas Johnson
John Henry
Thomas McEldery
George Brown
John O'Donnell
William Goodwin Sr.
tax commissioner
James Stewart
Charles M. Brotherson
Jacob Norris
Samuel Harpur
Thomas Skinner
Gerard Briscoe
William Ogle
John C. Beatty
John Coulter
Englehard Yeisser
William Kilty
Levin Handy
Richard Harrison
Benjamin Greene
James P. Heath
John Evans
John Miller
James Harpur
Thomas Hartley
William Irvine
William Craik
John Gunby
Robert Bell
Joshua Lamb
Patrick Sim
Nathan Levy
John Dennis
Smith Sims
John Carroll
Walter B. Cox
Benjamin Brooks Richard Sprigg
Uriah Forrest
Jesse Knock
Stanly Byass
John Black
Samuel Robinson
George Bringle
John Beale Bordley
Daniel Knock
John Coats
Thomas Clements
Dominick Blake
Jacob Fowle
Stephen Fowle
Philemon Blake
Samuel Lane
Richard West
Jarrett Bull
Levy Hillary
William Swan
Nicholas Vanzandt
Ninnian Pinckney
Samuel Tyler
Bradley Beans
John Warren
Samuel Thomas
James Brookes
William Perry
Aquila Beale
Thomas Orne
George Lewis
William Troth
Richard Hardestty
John Kerns
Andrew Voorhees
Louis Bayly
Thomas Gordon
William Monroe
Richard Tighman
Charles Clements Tobias Lear
Arthur St. Clair
Samuel Miles
Charles Gantt
Peter Hoffman
Benjamin Preston
Eneas Noland
Alexander Cooper
Francis W. Thomas
Benjamin McCenny
William Nicholson
Levi Ford
Daniel C.Heath
Levi Alexander
William Elliot
Solomon Yerving
Amos Read
Nathaniel Ramsay
Samuel Casson
William Ashe
Francis Dillet
John Griffith
James Mathers
Thomas York Srague
Lloyd Beall John Bush
Thomas Beatty
James Hindman
Josias Carval Hall
federalist
notable location
Philadelphia
Maryland
Hartford County
Worster County
Havre de Grace
Anne Arundel
Queen Annes County, Baltimore
Eastern Shore
Georgetown
Cross roads
Chester
Kent County
Talbot County
Frederick
Annapolis
Cecil County
St. Mary's County
Washington County
Isle of Jersey
Montgomery County
England
Potowmack
Wooster County
Snow Hill
Bladinsburgh
Somerset County
Abington
Bohemia Manor
Easton
notable item/thing
recommendation
review
appointment
notable idea/issue
Whiskey Insurrection
character
moral
education
promotion
opinion
review
Revolutionary War
record
credentials
document number
1798999990300
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] |