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Item
Type
Letter, Type Undetermined
Description
Letter, discusses issues re Army inspectors; describes recruiting shortfall.
short description
Ltr, dis issues re Army inspectors.
year created
1800
month created
08
day created
12
recipient
in collection
note
Author cannot be determined by the image
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
unknown
Van Ranselear
notable location
City of Washington
Springfield
Pittsburgh
Delaware
notable item/thing
company
addressed the enclosed to him
seal & forward
artilleries armed and accoutred in the manner of our infantry
exposed to the same duties
subject to the same law of police & discipline
inconvenience or injury arisen from the practice
order the commanding officers of posts to inspect
regular inspecting officer
practicable mode
officer acting under a staff appointment
incessant mobility from one extreme of the Union to the other
command & govern the details of a stationary corps
functions of an engineer
Inspector of Ordnance
particular course of scholastic education
destructive of responsibility
friendship
questions without apology
strict confidence
number far short of calculations
best documents
old establishment is deficient
discipline
arms
accoutrements
cannon & ordnance
ammunition
implements
machinery
foundary to the platform
regulations of the inspector
vacancies cannot be suspended longer
Secretary is anxious
recruiting parties east of the Delaware
your favor
support his views with my utmost ingenuity
our Secy is I fear rather timid
rolls
ground of expediency
legislature meets
glaring propriety
establishment
law
officer
brigade inspectors to inspect whole brigades of whatever troops composed
inspector of artillery
wide spread posts
power to depute subordinates
exercise of such a power vitally wound the principles of command & confound the details of the particular corps
authority
descern a distraction
Inspector of fortifications
Inspector of the troops
opinions of the functions
Instructor to the Secretary of War
Corps of Artillerists & Engineers
dress discipline
document number
1800081260001
page start
1
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| [view document] (5 pages) | EAD14 (5 pages) | Collection: James Wilkinson Papers | [unknown] |
| [view document] (5 pages) | BOM07 (5 pages) | Collection: James Wilkinson Papers | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |