Arrangement of Recruiting Districts in Massachusetts

Item

Type

Document

Title

Arrangement of Recruiting Districts in Massachusetts

Description

The proposed arrangement of the recruiting districts in Massachusetts. Because of the need to include whole counties, achieving equal numbers of inhabitants in the individual districts is not practical.

year created

1799

month created

03

day created

05

author

John Brooks

sent from location

Medford, Massachusetts

in collection

Printed Versions

in publication

The Papers of Alexander Hamilton

note

Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to Vol. 22.
Cited in Hamilton to Rice and Hunewell, 04/10/1799.
Enclosed in Simon Elliott to Hamilton, 3/6/1799.
No author is shown but it is presumed to be General Brooks.

cited note

Cited document sent from the War Office

notable person/group

[John Brooks]
Inspector General [Hamilton]
Mr. Carlton

notable location

Medford, Massachusetts
First District
Suffolk
Essex
Middlesex
Second District
Hampshire
Berkshire
Third District
Plymouth
Bristol
Barnstable
Dukes county
Nantucket
Norfolk
Fourth District
York
Cumberland
Lincoln
Hancock
Washington
territory of old Massachusetts
Maine

notable item/thing

districts
sub-districts
recruiting service
census of 1790
four equal parts
present boundaries of counties and towns
equality in numbers
greatest possible degree of compactness
disparity in point of numbers
parcels of territory
territory of another state
sufficient number of inhabitants
existing boundaries of the counties

document number

1799030555000

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Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Brooks Medford, Massachusetts [n/a]