Candidates for Army Appointments from Massachusetts
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Candidates for Army Appointments from Massachusetts
Description
Extensive list of men reviewed for appointments to army officer positions. Prior military service, professions, and character reviewed.
year created
1798
sent from location
Philadelphia
in collection
in publication
note
According to Syrett, This list was prepared at the December meetings of Hamilton, George Washington, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney in Philadelphia.'
print doc only.
print doc only.
created note
Syrett dated this document, December 9-28, 1798'.
author note
Hamilton; Washington; Pinckney.
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Charles Coteworth Pinckney
James Church
Joseph H. Dwight
William Shepherd
Samuel Lyman
Joseph Stebbins
Joseph Sykes
Ebenezer Mattoon
militia
captain
Federalist
Democrat
veteran
John Page
Charles Hunt
John Rudberg
Benjamin Goodhue
Benjamin Abbot
William Cushing
Eliphalet Pearson
George Thatcher
professor
merchant
John Treadwell
William Hull
Nathaniel Fosdick
Peleg Wadsworth
Jonathan Nichols
John Wheelwright
Seth Smith
William Swan
Abijah Harrington
Caleb Aspinwall
Elisha Boudinot
John Cummings
Henry Knox
Simon Elliot
John Jones
Henry Jackson
George Leonard
Eleazer Brooks
senator
William Leveritt
John Shindle
William A. Barron
Ward Eaton
Daniel Hastings
Nathaniel Soley
Moses M. Bates
Harrison Gray Otis
Benjamin Waterhouse
physician
Nathaniel Peabody
Daniel Jackson
veteran
Robert Hallowell
Thomas Durant
James D. Wheaton
Willard Tales
David Tales
Jacob Ulmer
James Austin
Marshall Spring
Thomas Heald
Jeremiah Hill
Daniel Bell
Jonas Clark
Samuel Winslow
William Jones
draftsman
Thomas Dawes
Charles Cutler
Duncan Ingraham
Rufus Childs
Alpheus Cheny
Lanthrop
John Pratt
Fay
Joseph Pierce
Nathan Rice
Thomas Lanthrop
Ambrose Keith
William Higgins
Franklin Tinkham
Samuel P. Fay
James Gardner
Thomas W. Hooper
Nathaniel Kidder
Joseph Lee
Warren Hall
General Abiel Wood
Joseph Willard
Jonathan Jackson
Jonathan Titcomb
Richard Hunewell
marshal
Oliver Wolcott Jr.
Benjamin Larkin
John Burbeck
Samuel Treat
John Spooner
Ebenezer Kent
Samuel Jordan
Phineas Ashmem
Edward Pope
Samuel West
Theodore Sedgwick
William Gordon
John Jennison
Samuel Fowles
David Hobbs
Augustus Hunt
William Jennison
Moses Gill
Horatio Gates
Samuel Elliot
Parson West
Dwight Foster
Ebenezer Davis
David C. D. Forest
John Hancock
John Tolman
Erasmus Babbit
Ebenezer Thatcher
John Shepard
Elisha Mills
John P. Boyd
Fisher Ames
Benjamin Eaton
Samuel Wilde
Thomas W. Hooper
Samuel Henly
Eli Forbes
Thomas Philips
Caleb Gibbs
John Frances
Christopher Marshall
Nathan Dane
Nicholas Gilman
Isaac Winslow
William Perkins
William Shepard
Arthur Lithgow
Fitch Hall
John Rowe
William Jones
James Brown
John Lillie
George Ulmer
John Walker
Ephrain Emory
Jacob Welsh Samson Wood
Obadiah Lovejoy
Timothy Williams
Jeremiah Clapp
Ralph Bowles
John Hobby
Benjamin Shaw
John Blake
Stephen Peabody
notable location
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Amherst
Springfield
Belcher Town
Portland
Maine
Biddeford
Salem
Ipswitch
Watertown
Falmouth
Boston
Newark
Norton
Essex County
Kennebec Purchase
Charlestown
New Town
Haveril
Cambridge
Concord
Thomaston
Kennebunk
Poughkeepsie
Cohasset
Warren
Wiscasset
Newbury Port
Belfast
Custine
Blandford
New Bedfork
Warren
Wooster
Lancaster
Sturbridge
Needham
Exeter
New Hampshire
Penobscot
Woburn
notable item/thing
appointments
reports
reviews
notable idea/issue
appointments
reports
reviews
American Revolution
Revolutionary War
promotion
document number
1798999990600
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] |