Identifying Those Who Are Willing to Serve

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Identifying Those Who Are Willing to Serve

Description

Events may occur that render it indispensable to raise men so measures should be taken to identify qualified officers who are willing to serve. For that purpose, references have been solicited from the Senators of nine States.

year created

1799

month created

05

day created

02

author

sent from location

War Department

recipient

in collection

in microfilm

in image

note

Cited in Gillman to McHenry, 05/22/1799.

cited note

Cited document sent from the War Office

notable person/group

John Taylor Gillman
James McHenry

notable location

War Department
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut: Vermont
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland

notable item/thing

Business of a very important and pressing nature

document number

1799050200301

page start

1

number of pages

3

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) KFY14 (3 pages) Collection: Stephen Raphel Papers [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Microfilm: James McHenry Papers [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author James McHenry War Department [n/a]
Recipient John Taylor Gilman [unknown] [n/a]