4701Enclosure: A Statement of Facts Relative to General Pinckney’s Mission to France, [30 March 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
General Pinckney, appointed minister plenipotentiary from the United States to the French Republic, left Philadelphia near the end of September, and arrived at Paris the 5th of December last, in the evening. On the 6th, he sent, by his secretary, to Mr. Monroe his letters of recall; and immediately afterwards waited on Mr. Monroe, who shewed him a letter from M. Delacroix, the French Minister...
4702Elements of the Tactics of the Infantry, [1799] (Hamilton Papers)
The Elements of the Tactics of the Infantry consists of three branches. The 1 comprehending the position of a soldier without arms and the motions of his head and body. The second comprehending the position of the soldier with arms and the manual exercise . The Third comprehending the principles of marching, of alignments, of conversions, and of changes of Direction. As to the first branch....
4703"General Orders," 4 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Letter not found. (Copy, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City).
4704General Orders, 26 May 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
The Troops will be mustered on the first day of June or as soon after as may be, and the pay Rolls for the time which remains to them to serve, and also for the three Months pay granted by the Act of Congress passed the 14th. instant will be predicated upon the muster then made, and forwarded with the necessary receipts and vouchers as has been heretofore directed. Should casualties with...
4705Enclosure: Arrangement of the Artillery, [25 April 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
Names Rank Date of Commission Residence Henry Burbeck Lieut. Colonel 7. May 1798 Michilimacinac John J. Ulrich Rivardi Major 26. February 1798 Niagara Moses Porter Captain 4 November 1791 Michilimacinac Alexander Thompson ditto 2. June 1794 Niagara
4706General Orders, [18 May 1800] (Hamilton Papers)
It is the Duty of Major General Hamilton to announce that an act of Congress passed the fourteenth instant which authorises the President of the United States to discharge on or before the fifteenth day of June next all such Officers non commissioned Officers and Privates as had been appointed commissioned or raised under and by virtue of the Act to augment the Army of the United States, &...
4707General Orders, 4 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
The General Court Martial, of which captain Amos Stoddart was President, having found James, alias Parker Hosmer, a private in the 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, guilty of repeated desertion, and having sentenced, that the pay now due him be made answerable for the expenses attending his apprehension; that he receive ninety-nine lashes upon his naked back, at three different times,...
4708Enclosure: Act for Establishing a Military and Naval Service Academy, [9 March 1800] (Hamilton Papers)
An Act for establishing an Academy for Instruction relative to the Military and Naval Service of the United States. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled That an Academy be established for the purposes of instruction relative to the military and Naval service of the U. States to consist of four Schools One to be called “The...
4709General Orders, 27 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Pursuant to instructions from the Secretary of War, the terms of enlistment of recruits in future raised are to be changed, and instead of being enlisted for any particular corps or regiments, they are to be enlisted for the service at large. It is directed by the Secretary of War, by instructions dated January 25th 1800, that cadets in the fortifications upon the sea board, and West Point,...
4710General Orders, 24 September 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The Paymaster General having arrived and entered upon his functions at the seat of government, all muster and pay rolls are, hereafter, to be transmitted to him, instead of the office of the Adjutant General, until a Deputy Paymaster General shall have been appointed and announced to the troops. They are to be sent addressed to Caleb Swan, Esquire, Paymaster General, at Philadelphia, with the...
4711General Orders, 12 August 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, August 12, 1799. On August 14, 1799, William S. Smith wrote to Hamilton: “Agreeably to General Orders of the 12th. inst. I attend here as President of a General Court Martial.…” General orders not found. ] This letter is listed in the appendix to this volume.
4712General Orders, 20 July 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The general court martial of which Major Willcock was president, having convicted Joseph Perkins, a private soldier of the 1st regiment of artillerists and engineers of the crime of desertion, aggravated by that of liberating and taking off with him two prisoners confined under the sentence of a court martial for desertion, over whom he was sentinel, and having condemned him to suffer death:...
4713General Orders, 21 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
It is in future directed that general court martials not only investigate and ascertain the time lost to the service by the non-commissioned officers and soldiers found guilty by them of desertion, and the amount of expenses accruing to the United States by their pursuit and apprehension, but that the number of days, months, or years so lost, be distinctly noticed in the sentence and added to...
4714Enclosure: [List of Proposed Candidates for Military Appointment], [3 August 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
Robert Heaton Junr. Captain George W. Kirkland Col. or Major a good of⟨ficer⟩ Jno Keating Colonel Bad Francis Drake Bad William Scudder Captain unknown Walter B. Vrooman Bad Thos U Williams Adjutant unknown Benjamin C. Curtis Captain
4715Enclosure: Plan for the Disposition of the Four Regiments of the Permanent Establishment, [12 October 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
One Regiment to be stationed partly in the State of Tennessee and partly in proper positions for the protection of the Frontier of Georgia, not extending farther Westward then the Apalachicole River. This Regiment to be attached to the command of General Pinckney. The part in Tenessee to be by him instructed in any great and sudden emergency to cooperate with General Wilkinson. The other three...
4716Candidates for Army Appointments from Connecticut, [November–December 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
Connecticut Captains 1 Austin Nichols Fairfield County Writes ill Wm. Edmond good constitution single man & in prime of life education equal to place active enterprising & on the whole qualified } Not very strong
4717Candidates for Army Appointments from Tennessee, [November–December 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
Tennessee Captains 2 Arthur Crozier Knoxville good letter Clayborne —a young man of respectable character good talents & was a Merchant 3 Nathan B Markland Knoxville Clayborne . possesses qualifications for a valuable Officer surveyor young man of amiable Character & good talents 6 Charles Porter Judge Anderson —recommends him as well qualified respectable connexion & unexceptionable character 1
4718Conversation with Arthur Fenner, [25–26 June 1800] (Hamilton Papers)
[Newport, Rhode Island, June 25–26, 1800.] “Some time in the summer past, I believe in July, General Hamilton, an entire stranger to me further than the knowledge of him from his public character, came to my house in company with Colonels Christopher & Jeremiah Olney, General Barton, & Colonel Ogdon. General Hamilton was very familiar, open, & candid. He at once began the election of the...