6451From Alexander Hamilton to William C. Bentley, 30 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your several letters of the twenty fifth of September, and of the fourth, sixth and seventh of October have been duly received. I agree with you as to the advantage which would be derived to the Soldiers from the use of Hunting shirts but a change of the public arrangements with respect to Clothing would involve difficulty. there is an observation which has frequently occurred to me on this...
6452From Alexander Hamilton to William S. Smith, 30 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your different letters of the second, seventh, eighth, twelfth, fourteenth and twentieth of october have been duly received. I have attended to the representation in favour of Captain Kirkland, and you will hereafter consider him as ranking after Captain White. This will place him third on the list. It appears from your letter of the second instant that there was a ballance of three thousand...
6453From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 31 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to send you the arrangement which has been proposed by General Wilkinson and approved by me; subject to a negative from your Department, previous to his Departure. This mode has been adopted to accelerate his return. In a few instances, transfers of Officers from one Regiment to another are made in order to avoid as much as possible the separation of Officers from men. But...
6454Enclosure: General Wilkinson’s Proposed Arrangement of Officers, [31 October 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
First Regiment Field & Staff John F. Hamtramck Lieut. Col. Commandant Thomas Hunt 1st Major – – – – – – 2d. Major Lieut. Robert Semple Adjutant Lieut. Yelverton Peyton Paymaster Lieut. Joshua S. Rogers Quarter Master John Elliott Surgeon – – – – – –
6455From Alexander Hamilton to Nathan Rice, 31 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your several letters of the twenty third of September and of the fourth and eighth of October. No particular rules were laid down for the government of the Colonels and Majors in the arrangement of relative rank as it was supposed that they wod. naturally take into consideration all circumstances which, in a military point of view, give one man the preference to another. Former...
6456From Alexander Hamilton to James Wilkinson, 31 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
In order to enable you to regulate your requisitions upon the contractor for supplies of provisions, I give it as my opinion that the recruits which you may expect to reinforce your command, and which will arrive at Pittsburgh will be, in all May, Eight hundred, and in each successive month one hundred more, till your command shall be complete. Of their progress afterwards you can best judge....
6457From Alexander Hamilton to James Wilkinson, 31 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The copious explanation which have been had between us in conversation on the subjects of your several communications of the 6th. of September 12th. 15. 19th. & 27 instant will abrige the observations naturally connected with the plan which has been adopted as the result and which forms the object of the present instruction. This plan, as you know, has the same basis with that which has been...
6458From Alexander Hamilton to Caleb Swan, 31 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The letter, herewith sent, from the Asst. adjt. General states facts—The employment additional Clerkship was matter of absolute necessity, and compensation is conceived to be due. Under these circumstances of the military at the time, the aid of Officers could not be more extensively called in, and if it could have been done an extra compensation would with propriety have been expected as...
6459From Alexander Hamilton to Caleb Swan, 31 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I understand that the Account of Mr. Brown Ast. Secretary has been sanctioned at the War Office, and that the accountant has been instructed to pass it. You will be pleased to have send on a check for the money as soon as possible, and any receipt which the forms of office may render necessary will be immediately given— With Great consideration ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How,...
6460From Alexander Hamilton to Ebenezer Stevens, 31 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
You are requested to provide and ship immediately for the use of the Western Army, the Medicines and Hospital Stores mentioned in the Invoice inclosed. With great consideration I am Sir yr. obedt. Servt. Doctor Bacon, between St Pauls & Liberty Street— ( LS , in the handwriting of Ethan Brown, New-York Historical Society, New York City; Df , in the handwriting of Ethan Brown, Hamilton Papers,...
6461From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 31 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Upon examination I find that it is Mr. Richard Taylor and not Captain Edmund Taylor to whom Col. Parker refers in his letter of the twenty fifth instant. This gentleman is a Lieutenant—I must trouble you for the requisite information Enclosed are the inaccurately dated commissions &c With perfect respect ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
6462From Alexander Hamilton to John J. U. Rivardi, 31 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I perceive, in one of your late letters, a fresh application for medicines and Hospital stores. — Colonel Stevens mentions to me that a supply of those articles for a year had was forwarded to your post in April last, and that he has a letter from you acknowledging the receipt of information that those articles they were on their the way to Niagara. This, of course, supersedes the necessity of...
6463From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 31 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your several letters of the eighteenth of September, and of the fourth, fifth and twelfth of October. The enquiries which they cou at present have, I believe, been previous incidentally answered in previous communications. I decline appointing a Court Martial on the men case mentioned in your letter of the fourth instant, as you will soon have reached the place of winter...
6464From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Lloyd Moore, 31 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter of the twenty eighth of October has been delivered to me. You will probably have received orders from General Washington upon your Arrival at York Town. Should these orders not meet you there you will continue your march to Harper’s ferry. With great consideration ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
6465From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Parker, 31 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I enclose to you commissions for Thomas Burk and Joshua Tennison. They are dated at the periods when these Gentlemen began to render service to the regiment. With great considrn ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
6466From Alexander Hamilton to Walter L. Cochran, 31 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
It now becomes indispensable that you should — with all possible dispatch rejoin your Company at Fort Mifflin—This is therefore to request desire that you will lose no time in complying with this wish repairing thither— With consideration &c ( Df , in the handwriting of Ethan Brown and H, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
6467From Alexander Hamilton to Caleb Swan, 1 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, November 1, 1799. “When I was at Trenton I considered it as perfectly understood between you and me that those officers of the old regiments to whom arrears of pay are due should receive the sums to which they are entitled immediately from your hands. I have been since informed that you decline this and refer the officers to their regimental Paymasters. They are of course left...
6468From Alexander Hamilton to Ebenezer Stevens, 1 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
a due proportion of Shells must be sent with the Howit zers destined to the Barrier post on the Mississippi— Yr Ob Sr ( LS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
6469From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 1 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I send you two extracts from Col. Bentley’s letter of the twentieth of October. As the directions for the this new arrangement of rank proceeded from became necessary in consequence of transactions in your department I have doubt with respect to my power of giving it a sanction; but I could wish that it might speedily receive the proper ratification from your department the executive. There...
6470From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 1 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I would thank you to inform me whether Mr. Brown has been appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned in Col. Taylor’s regiment by the non acceptance of Mr. Chew. If this has not been done I would recommend that the place be filled by the senior first lieut. according to the regular principles of Military promotion. Col. Taylor, in his letter of the second of October mentions to me that Austin...
6471From Alexander Hamilton to Richard Hunewell, 1 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I enclose to you appointments for Oliver Emerson and David J. Waters as cadets in your regiment. With great conn ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
6472From Alexander Hamilton to Timothy Taylor, 1 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your several letters of the second, fourth, thirteenth, nineteenth and twenty eighth of October have been duly received. The choice of Danbury as a place of rendezvous might be liable to misconstruction, and would perhaps give rise to Countermarching. It is therefore my wish that you would fix upon Stamford, Norwalk an or Fairfield. You have your choice between these three places, and when you...
6473From Alexander Hamilton to James Read, 2 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letters of the twenty seventh and twenty ninth of September. There is as yet no established rule on the subject of forage. I have proposed one to the Secretary of War but it has not yet received his sanction. In the mean time you will exercise a proper discretion in the case. There is a fixed sum which is to be received in the lieu of forage when the article is not...
6474From Alexander Hamilton to Caleb Swan, 2 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I enclose to you a letter for Lieutenant Campbell Smith appointing him Paymaster to the troops at Staunton for now under the command of Captain Brock. It is more most consistent with my general plan to appoint on such service an officer who is distinct different from the Corps with which he is to act one who has the command of the party. You will be pleased, before you do business with Lieut...
6475From Alexander Hamilton to Campbell Smith, 2 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
It is my wish that you would act as Pay Master to the troops not at Staunton formerly commanded by M now under the command of Captain Brock. Should you accept you will be pleased, after making the necessary arrangements with the Pay Mr Gl. to repair to Staunton as soon as possible. With consn You will be entitled to an additional allowance for this service of ten dollars pr. month— ( Df , in...
6476From Alexander Hamilton to Elias B. Dayton, 2 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
You will be pleased to procure for with an immediately a baggage waggon for the use of General Pinckney. With consn. ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
6477From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 2 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Col. Ogden has again requested the appointment of Cadet in his regiment for Mr. Josiah Wright. No other This young gentleman has been assisting in the recruiting business from since the fifteenth of May, and has rendered considerable service. It is therefore the wish of Col. Ogden that his appointment and emoluments shou ld be considered as com having commenced at that time. I request that...
6478From Alexander Hamilton to James O’Hara, 2 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
It is my wish to see you by Tuesday next at the farthest. You will therefore be pleased to repair to this place as soon as possible. With conn. ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
6479From Alexander Hamilton to Joseph Brock, 2 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
You will be pleased, immediately upon the receipt of this letter, to apply to the contractor to procure the necessary ground for hutting the troops under your command. As soon as this shall be done you will lose no time in proceeding to the ground and to bring putting the men under cover. With consideration An earlier attention to the subject has been prevented by the a defect want the delay...
6480From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 2 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letters of the twenty-seventh of September and of the fifth of October have been duly received. It is my wish that you would recommend as soon as possible two persons to act as Cadets to your regiment. My former letter on the subject was a Circular, and I supposed that nominations had been made by all the Commandants. Your enquiry on the subject of Winter Quarters has been already replied...