Settling the Rank of Sundry Officers
Item
Type
Autograph Document
Title
Settling the Rank of Sundry Officers
Description
Rice lists the officers of his regiment--captains, first lieutenants, and second lieutenants--in the rank order that he believes is appropriate. He willingly defers if Hamilton does not agree.
year created
1799
month created
10
day created
25
author
sent from location
Oxford
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Enclosure: Proposed arrangement of the officers in the 14th Regiment.
Cited in Hamilton to Rice, 11/11/1799.
Cited in Hamilton to Rice, 11/11/1799.
cited note
Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
Nathan Rice
the President [Adams]
Phelps has commanded a company of artillery in the militia
Mr. Ames
Captain Mackay...served in the British army as a subaltern
Captains: John Hastings
Ephraim Emery
Simeon Draper
Thomas Chandler
Phineas Ashmun
Nathaniel Twing
Solomon Phelps
John Tolman
Erasmus Babbit
Samuel Mackay
First Lieutenant: Isaac Rand
Alpheus Chaney
Samuel Flagg
James Church
Robert Duncan
Henry Sergent
John Wheelwright
Jacob Allen: Rufus Childs
William Gardner
Francis Barker
Second Lieutenants: John Roulstone
Thomas Durant
William Leverett
Daniel Hastings
James Gardner
Charles Hunt
Marshall Spring
Payton Gay
Thomas Hale
notable location
Oxford
notable item/thing
claims of the officers of my regiment
grade of captains
rank of field officers
propensity to game
poverty
our revolutionary war
recruiting
notable phrase
We proceeded on the principle that all their appointments bore a similar state
We then conceived it our duty to apply the rule which was adopted for settling the rank of the field officers, to give those who had served in the late war priority
I know nothing of him criminal [name not given] but a propensity to game has led him to associate with people not of the first class, has reduced him to poverty and, I fear, debased his mind
We determined their priority by lot which fell to Draper
should you sir, however, from any knowledge which you possess of the claims and merits of my officers...think a different arrangement ought to take place, I cheerfully acquiesce
on reviewing the other characters, I am of opinion they stand as properly, all things considered,as it is in my power to arrange them
document number
1799102560000
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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 | Oxford | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |