Form them into a Corps even if they are never collected.
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Form them into a Corps even if they are never collected.
Description
McPherson recommends that the volunteers be organized into sundry military units (battalions, regiments, etc.) and assigned to military districts under the command of someone to whom their officers will be responsible.
year created
1799
month created
06
day created
21
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in collection
in publication
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
William Macpherson
volunteers
officers will feel a degree of responsibiiity
notable location
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
form [the volunteers] into battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions
appoint in each district some proper characer to whom the officers should be accountable
it will still have a good effect their being formed into a Corps even if they should never be collected
document number
1799062160000
Item sets
Document instances
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William MacPherson | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |