Shoes, Pay, and Relative Rank
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Shoes, Pay, and Relative Rank
Description
Rice raises questions about the quality of shoes, pay of the troops, and relative rank.
year created
1799
month created
10
day created
04
author
sent from location
Hingham
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Rice to Hamilton, 09/22/1799 and 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
my paymaster
Mr. Roulston
Majors of Infantry
Major John Walker
John Rowe
Colonel Richard Hunewell
Daniel Hastings
Samuel Mackay
notable location
Hingham, Massachusetts
War Office
notable item/thing
shoes
first lieutenancy
relative rank
vacancies happening consequent on nonacceptances
notable phrase
I hope and trust the suggestions therein of the remarks of incautious officers were not applicable to any of my regiment
I do not judge myself sufficiently informed of the quality of all the articles supplied to make a report
the article of shoes is a source of great complaint both on account of size and quality
of the number [my paymaster] has received, as many as one half can never be worn by the men
by the officers I am told they are of a very inferior quality particularly in the making
I should not have solicited Mr. Roulston's appointment to a first lieutenancy
relative rank in the different grades [is] unsettled
I judged no one would consider himself superseded any more than he was by the last appointments of Hastings, Mackay and others
in settling the relative rank of the company officers, are we to be pointed to no principle by which we are to be governed?
is former rank and service to have no predecency?
Permit me to beg that some payments may be speedily made the troops
it will satisfy the engaged and I think very much accelerate the filling up of the regiments
are all the majors of infantry considered of one grade?
I am apprehensive the principle of rank will so operate in the two regiments of Massachusetts as to induce Major [John] Walker to resign as it will give [John] Rowe of Colonel Hunewells rank of him
document number
1799100460200
Item sets
Document instances
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
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Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Nathan Rice | Hingham | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |