The principle you suggest cannot be put into practice.
Item
Type
Copy of document
Title
The principle you suggest cannot be put into practice.
Description
"The principle you suggest for my consideration, though if it could be introduced it would work well, cannot in my opinion be put into practice. It would contravene too much pretension rooted as well in the human heart as in unconquerable prejudices of the military state by which expression I include the naval department. Carrying in the very fact an avowed preference humiliating to the pride of the superior officer and reversing the order of antecedent relations, a cheerful submission could never be obtained. The alternative you mention is the proper expedient and a very necessary one it is. It will be happy if Congress can be induced to adopt it."
year created
1799
month created
07
day created
29
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Copy in the handwriting of Ethan Brown.
notable person/group
Benjamin Stoddert
Alexander Hamilton
[Ethan Brown]
naval department
Congress
notable location
New York
document number
1799072937100
Item sets
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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 | Alexander Hamilton | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Benjamin Stoddert | [unknown] | [n/a] |