Letter to applicants for commissions

Item

Type

Printed Document

Title

Letter to applicants for commissions

Description

Those Gentlemen who have applied for military appointments in the service of the United States are informed that their applications with all the recommendatory letters accompanying were consumed by fire in the War Office on Saturday evening last. Those who desire to be considered as candidates will see the propriety of renewing their applications.

year created

1800

month created

11

day created

13

author

sent from location

War Department

in collection

in publication

in image

note

The printers in the different states were requested to print this letter in their papers.

created note

Appeared in 12/15/1800 issue.

notable person/group

Samuel Dexter

notable location

War Office
War Department

notable item/thing

fire in war department
applications
consumed by fire
military appointments

document number

1800111300201

page start

1

number of pages

1

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (0 pages) CVA01 (0 pages) Collection: Printed Versions [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: Kentucky Gazette [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Samuel Dexter War Department [n/a]