Underaged Recuits, Deserters, and the Lack of Pay
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Underaged Recuits, Deserters, and the Lack of Pay
Description
Rice reports on the discharge of underaged recruits, the capture of deserters, the shortage of pay, the improvement in discipline, and the appointment of his adjutant.
year created
1799
month created
09
day created
23
author
sent from location
Springfield [Massachusetts]
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Hamilton to Rice, 10/31/1799.
cited note
Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
Nathan Rice
recruits
Captain Phineas Ashmun
Asa Chamberlain was seventeen the 9th of last April
William Clark was 18 yesterday
two more deserters from this district
Major Winslow
Lieutenant Henry Sergent
Mr. Roulstone
Captain Thomas Chandler
notable location
Springfield, Massachusetts
notable item/thing
confinement
my return for August
winter quarters
discipline
Major Walker's report of [the deserters]
notable phrase
application was made to me for the discharge of two recrruits being enlisted as was alleged before they were eighteen years old
three of the deserters from Major Winslow's district rendezvous...are apprehended
one of them a great scoundrel
my paymaster has paid to the officers all the recruiting money which he had received
several of them are destitute of it
I am pleased with the proficiency [the men] have made in discipline
permit me to nominate Lieutenant Henry Sergent [as my Adjutant]
[Roustone's] penmanship
the men begin to grow impatient for pay
document number
1799092360100
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 | Springfield [Massachusetts] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |