Recommended officers for the Provisional Army

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Recommended officers for the Provisional Army

Description

Tracy provides a list of recommend officers to fill vacancies in the Provisional Army. Tracy also expresses frustration with the authors of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, along with a concern that John Fries of Fries's Rebellion will be pardoned.

year created

1799

month created

05

day created

20

author

sent from location

Littlefield

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in collection

in image

notable person/group

James McHenry
Uriah Tracy
military
officers
Swift
Badger
Brown
Taylor
Ambrose Hitchcock
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Democratic-Republicans
Federalists
John Fries

notable location

Philadelphia
Littlefield
Hartford County
Connecticut
Hartford

notable item/thing

Regiment
commission

notable idea/issue

Provisional Army
vacancies
Federalism
Virginia Resolutions
Kentucky Resolutions
Fries Rebellion
House Tax Rebellion
Home Tax Rebellion
Hot-Water Rebellion
pardon

document number

1799052040001

page start

1

number of pages

4

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (4 pages) KAD14 (4 pages) Collection: James McHenry Papers B:1797-1815, MH 117

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Uriah Tracy Littlefield [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry Philadelphia [n/a]