State of Arms, Supplies, and Recruiting
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
State of Arms, Supplies, and Recruiting
Description
Rice reports on the state of arms, supplies, and recruiting at Hingham.
year created
1799
month created
07
day created
08
author
sent from location
Hingham, Massachusetts
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Hamilton to Rice, 08/14/1799.
cited note
Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
Nathan Rice
my Quartermaster [Daniel Hastings]
soldiers
Mr. Jackson, the Supervisor
commanding officer of each company
notable location
Hingham, Massachusetts
Springfield
regimental rendezvous
General Lincoln
Mr. Francis Barker, a deserving young man who would make a good subaltern officer
Secretary of War [McHenry]
notable item/thing
arms
[distributing arms at Springfield] will save considerable expense to the public for transportation
cartridge boxes
knapsacks
some kind of skin dressed with the hair...preferable to painted canvass
canteens
set of tent poles provided made of such wood as would be light for transportation
injuring the tents by pitching
hats...have arrived without cockades
the tin eagles I have also engaged
my monthly return
state of the recruits
every disqualification for the service which shall be discovered in a recruit
document number
1799070860000
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
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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 | Nathan Rice | Hingham, Massachusetts | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |