Management of Your Agency is Ridiculously Bad!
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Management of Your Agency is Ridiculously Bad!
Description
Hamilton chastises McHenry for the inefficiency of the War Department in furnishing supplies. Delays attend every operation and articles are forwarded in a most incomplete manner. It is the Revolutionary War all over again only with caricature. It is truly farcical. The myopic eyes of the purveyors can see nothing beyond Philadelphia. Unless more competent agents can be found to procure and forward supplies, the service will suffer deeply
year created
1799
month created
06
day created
14
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in collection
in microfilm
in publication
in image
note
Marked "Private and Confidential"
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 06/15/1799
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 06/15/1799
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Colonel Stevens
notable location
New York
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
coats without a corresponding number of vests
cartouche boxes without belts
more efficient purveyor
more efficent superintendent
proof of the cordial friendship
notable phrase
The fact is that the management of your agency as to the affair of supplies is ridiculously bad.
document number
1799061440101
page start
1
number of pages
2
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | KFJ02 (2 pages) | Collection: Stephen Raphel Papers | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Microfilm: James McHenry Papers | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Alexander Hamilton | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |