[PRIVATE] Suspending the Recruiting Service

Item

Type

Copy of document

Title

[PRIVATE] Suspending the Recruiting Service

Description

If it is true that has a law has been passed suspending the recruiting service for the twelve additional regiments, instructions from the War Department should precede Hamilton's agency upon that law.

year created

1800

month created

03

day created

03

sent from location

New York

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
recruits
regiment
agency

notable location

New York
War Department

notable item/thing

law
recruiting service
instruction

notable idea/issue

recruiting

document number

1800030340100

transcription

[Private]
Private
New York March 3. 1800
D Sir
I am told, though I really have not seen the law, that one has passed suspending the Recruiting Service for the Twelve Additional Regiments. You are aware that an instruction from your Department ought to precede my agency upon that law.
Yours truly
A Hamilton
The Secy of War

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Document instances

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[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton [unknown]
[view document] (1 pages) AGD14 (1 pages) Collection: Special MS Collection, Montgomery. [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Printed Versions [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Alexander Hamilton New York [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]