Filling Menial Stations

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Filling Menial Stations

Description

Smith recommends that officers who need servants should engage them with the pay and rations of soldiers but no soldiers should be taken from the line to fill such menial stations.

year created

1799

month created

03

day created

13

sent from location

New York

recipient

in collection

notable person/group

William S. Smith
Alexander Hamilton
persons in the capacity of servants
established rank and file of the regiment
battalion soldiers

notable item/thing

good of the service
pay and rations of a soldier
established rank and file of the regiment
menial stations

document number

1799031390000

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Printed Versions [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William S. Smith New York [n/a]
Recipient Alexander Hamilton [unknown] [n/a]