Tinber for hutting and wood for fuel should be found on the premises.
Item
Type
Autograph Draft Document
Title
Tinber for hutting and wood for fuel should be found on the premises.
Description
Hamilton emphasizes that the requirement for winter quarters is huts and not barracks so as to save additional expense. The huts should be situated so as to ease the collection of timber for hutting and wood for fuel.
year created
1799
month created
10
day created
21
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Parker to Hamilton, 1`0/30/1799.
cited note
Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office
notable person/group
Thomas Parker
Alexander Hamilton
Commander in Chief [Washington]
Mr. Lear
Mr. Mackie, Agent of the War Department
notable location
New York
Trenton
Department of War
notable item/thing
winter quarters
timber for hutting
wood for fuel
necessary articles for building
huts
barracks
notable phrase
It would seem from this as if in your arrangemen the idea of huts had been exchanged for that of barracks
this under all the circumstances of the case would be too extensive
perhaps nothing more is intended than to procure rough timber fit for huts from spot not distant which would not materially enhance the expense
document number
1799102137000
Item sets
Document instances
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Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Alexander Hamilton | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Thomas Parker | [unknown] | [n/a] |