Search for Winter Quarters
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Search for Winter Quarters
Description
Rice compares Uxbridge and Oxbridge as potential sites for winter quarters. He views Oxford as the most favorable site.
year created
1799
month created
09
day created
22
author
sent from location
Spingfield, Massachusetts
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Hamilton to Rice, 09/27/1799 and Rice to Hamilton, 10/14/1799.
cited note
Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
Nathan Rice
Mr. Jackson...could not offer me the least aid
Mr. Ruggles, the Contractor who accompanied me to Uxbridge
notable location
Spingfield, Massachusetts
Uxbridge
Providence
Boston
Worcester
Oxford
notable item/thing
winter quarters for the troops
twenty one acres of oak and chestnut timber
20 cords of wood per acre
grounds for encamping while the huts are erecting
saw mills
slabs
cold weather
rum
whiskey
Leyder brandy
parade
notable phrase
an elevated, healthful, pleasant situation near the centre of the Town of Uxbridge
use of [the property] may be had for a small consideration
government have the election of purchasing the soil for twenty one dollars per acre--or the wood and use of the ground for eighteen dollars per acre
saw mills are in the neighborhood
slabs also to cover the huts can be had for a trifle
it has a pretty fruitful surrounding country and will well accommodate the contractors as rum, whiskey, Leyder brandy are distilled in the place
in some respects [Oxford] is preferable to Uxbridge
it has a more compact settlement, an extensive plain for a parade, and a fertile surrounding country
a large stream and pond of water
a grove of excellent oak timber
forty cords of wood to the acre
a sputhern aspect
Oxford I conceive would be the most eligible spot
our discipline has not arrived to that perfection
huts may be erected previous to the setting in of cold weather
document number
1799092260000
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 | Spingfield, Massachusetts | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |