Transportation and Provisions for Sundry Regiments
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Transportation and Provisions for Sundry Regiments
Description
Hamilton issues his orders for the transportation and supply of sundry regiments.
year created
1799
month created
10
day created
05
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Letter in the handwriting of Thomas Y. Howe and Hamilton.
notable person/group
Ebenezer Stevens
Alexander Hamilton
[Thomas Y. How]
eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth regiments
Colonel William S. Smith
contractor for New Jersey [Elias B. Dayton]
Quartermaster
fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth regiments
notable location
New York
Green Brook, New Jersey
New Brunswick
Amboy
Oxford, Massachusetts
Providence.
notable item/thing
huts
bagge
carpenters tools
notable phrase
The eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth regiments are to be quartered in huts on Green Brook in the state of New Jersey
you will make arrangements with Colonel Smith for the conveyance of his regiment
the thirteenth will come by water to Staten Island or Amboy
the baggage can go by water and the men by land
you will arrange with the contractor what may be necessary on his part for the accomodation of the troops
you will purchase without delay...[three thousand] Albany boards and [three hundred] pounds of nails
there being no Brigade Quartermaster these articles will be delivered to the Quartermaster of the eleventh regiment
the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth regiments will be quartered during the winter in the town of Oxford in the state of Massachusetts
document number
1799100537000
Item sets
Document instances
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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 | Ebenezer Stevens | [unknown] | [n/a] |