North Carolina Officers for the Provisional Army

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

North Carolina Officers for the Provisional Army

Description

Sends a list of officers applying for commissions in the Provisional Army being raised for the Quasi-War with the French with his comments on each officer (enclosure)

year created

1798

month created

12

day created

03

sent from location

Halifax, North Carolina

recipient

sent to location

Virginia

in collection

in image

note

Document partly illegible

notable person/group

George Washington
William K Davie
officers
field officers
James Read
Robert Troy
William Dickson
Eli Gaither
Edward Smithwick
William Hale
John Williams
John Nichols
James Ryan
George Washington Davidson
David Evans
Benjamin Smith
Love
Joseph Alexander
Samuel Baron
Daniel Newman
David McCook
Marcus Sharpe
James Morris
John Wilkinson
John Carroway
W. B. Howe
Major Smith
Colonel Polk
William Alexander
William Martin
Benjamin Smith
David Evans Junior
John Wilkinson
James Read
Hugh Waddell
John Waddell
Maurice Moore
Daniel Newman
William Brickel
Provisional Army
Thomas Edward Turner
William Gregory
Matthias E. Sawyer
James Ryan
William Hill
Robert Bill
Peter Buttsbram
Governor Johnston

notable location

Virginia
Halifax, North Carolina
Wilmington
Sailsbury
Lincoln County
Martin County
Brunswick County
Surrey County
Edenton
Montgomery County
Fayetteville
Richmond County
Duplin County
Burke County
Newbern
Newburn
Charlotte
Irdell County
Rutherford County
Robeson County
Wilkes County
Moore County
Fayetteville
Blader County
Brunswick
Lewisburg
Warren County
Nixonton
Camden County

notable item/thing

recruiting
Revolutionary War
recommendation
commissions

document number

1799120390101

page start

1

number of pages

8

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (8 pages) UNA03 (8 pages) Collection: #1793 William K. Davie. F: 1798

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Davies Halifax, North Carolina [n/a]
Recipient George Washington Virginia [n/a]