Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Appointment of Officers to New Regiments

Description

Provides statement of public service experience of several officers and staff members. Refers to Congressional recess and Senate work with the the President's nominations. Discusses the nominations of Dayton as Brigadier or Adjutant and Pinckney's suggestion for Governor Sevier's provisional army. Refers to the disappointment in Colonel Smith. Advocates Pickering as a man of integrity. Makes suggestions for military jurisdictions in each State. Cites ideas on presidential powers and delegation of same.

year created

1798

month created

09

day created

19

author

James McHenry

sent from location

Trenton

recipient

George Washington

in collection

MMC, McHenry, James: mm85004543
Special Collections, MSA SC 1407. McHenry Collection, M11697.

in microfilm

James McHenry Papers

in image

KFS03
BID11

note

Partially illegible.
A 57 page document.

notable person/group

George Washington
James McHenry
Charles Pinckney
Henry Knox
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
Colonel Smith
Dayton
Brigadier
Governor Sevier
Congress
Senate
Pickering
Oliver Wolcott ,Jr.
Benjamin Stoddart
Samuel Hodgdon
Secretary of the Treasury
Rufus King

notable location

Trenton
Philadelphia
Mount Vernon
Tennessee
Quincy
Eastern States
Vermont
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Southern States
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
New England
Springfield
South

notable phrase

The defense of the southern states may be left entirely to its own militias.

document number

1798091900101

page start

1

number of pages

30
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