Postponing Recommendations

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Postponing Recommendations

Description

Ogden asks to postpone his recommendations of officers from Pennsylvania and New Jersey until he has had more time to consider them.

year created

1799

month created

03

day created

28

author

sent from location

Elizabeth Town

recipient

sent to location

New York

in image

note

Partly illegible.
Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to Vol. 22.

notable person/group

Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Ogden
Major [John DeBarth] Walbach
Lieutenants
Quartermaster
Adjutant
officers from Pennsylvania
officers from New Jersey

notable location

New York
Elizabeth Town

notable item/thing

mail
meeting of officers at New Brunswick
nomination of a paymaster
plurality of their voices
expedition
General Court Martial
President
delay
my recommendation
character
grade
personal knowledge
discontent

document number

1799032860000

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) WGT10 (3 pages) Collection: Alexander Hamilton Papers R: 17
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Aaron Ogden Elizabeth Town [n/a]
Recipient Alexander Hamilton New York [n/a]