All these causes have unhappily cooperated.

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

All these causes have unhappily cooperated.

Description

Ogden lists the variables causing the uneven results in the recruiting effort in his sector, including the talent and zeal of the recruiting officers, the disposition of the local inhabitants toward the government, and the shortage of officers caused by vacancies and illness.

year created

1799

month created

06

day created

23

author

sent from location

Elizabeth Town, New Jersey

recipient

in collection

notable person/group

Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Ogden

notable location

Elizabeth Town,New Jersey

notable item/thing

success of recruiting in the several sub-district has been exceedingly various
different degrees of address or talent
activity in the recruiting officers
good or ill disposition of the inhabitants toward the government
want of officers occasioned by vacancies and sickness
all these causes have unhappily cooperated

document number

1799062360100

Document instances

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Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Aaron Ogden Elizabeth Town, New Jersey [n/a]
Recipient Alexander Hamilton [unknown] [n/a]