Appointments in the Provisional Army

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Appointments in the Provisional Army

Description

Washington assesses the qualifications of a number of officers from Virginia whose names have been put forward for appointments in the provisional army.

year created

1799

month created

06

day created

06

sent from location

Mount Vernon

recipient

in microfilm

in image

note

Cited in McHenry to Washington, 06/18/1799.

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

James McHenry
George Washington
engineers
General Marshall
General Lee
a Frenchman
General Pinckney
head of the corps of engineers
Major Rivardi
Major George Lewis
general officers
Colonel Baylor's regiment of cavalry
Virginia Cavalry
Doctor Welford
Director of the Medical Department
most respectable families
Captain Thomas Turner
infantry
characters in Virginia

notable location

Mount Vernon
War Department
Virginia
Philadelphia
Great Britain
Fredericksburg
France

notable item/thing

applications for appointments
promotion
recommendation
eventual or provisional army
official advertisement
commissions
delicacy of the task
names of persons acquainted with engineering
merits or qualifications
Revolutionary War
western expedition
War for Independence

document number

1799060640301

page start

1

number of pages

4

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (8 pages) THA14 (8 pages) Collection: V.F. Vertical File A.K. Peter Keyser. PK
[view document] (3 pages) KFI24 (3 pages) Collection: General Collection [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Microfilm: James McHenry Papers [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author George Washington Mount Vernon [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]