1To John Adams from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 22 October 1797 (Adams Papers)
I have the honor to submit to your Consideration the inclosed affidavits respecting the English Ship Oracabessa Burnt on Tuesday last within the Bar of this harbour by a Privateer said to be called the Vortitude commanded by a Captain Jourdain and belonging to Cape Francois, also of the capture of the Ship Pallas belonging to this Port and the Mary of Savannah. By an examination of the...
2Candidates 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
3Candidates for Army Appointments from Delaware, [November–December 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
Majors John Vining commands a Company of Light Infantry provisional Captains Richard Dale handed in by Clayton Antifœderal 1 Samuel White young Lawyer Dover prudence & propriety Foederal good property G Read Basset integrity
4Candidates for Army Appointments from Kentucky, [November–December 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
Subalterns 3 John Jamison Lt or Ensign Frankfort William Murray Lewis recommends in general terms Inquire Isaac E Gano Thomas Tunstall constitution & firmly attached to Govern Sobriety courage & Gentlemanlike behaviour Thomas Love Thomas Todd, John M Scott, Willis Lee, Daniel Wisiger, Otho Beatty, Robert Alexander 4
5Candidates for Army Appointments from Maryland, [November–December 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
lt Colonels Maryland John Carlisle Hartford County In Revolutionary Army 7 years Asks for Adjutant General vain letter J C Hall recommends Joseph Forman see below honor & courage Howard Hindman Loyed Lt Colonels Levin Handy Worster County
6Candidates 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
7Candidates for Army Appointments from Virginia, [November–December 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November–December, 1798 ]. A list of the names of one hundred and sixty-eight men from Virginia who were candidates for Army appointments together with short biographical sketches and comments based on information supplied largely by Southerners. This document has been calendared because Charles Cotesworth Pinckney wrote the major portion of it. H’s contribution consists of...
8Candidates for Army Appointments from Massachusetts, [9–28 December 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
Subalterns 9 James Church Springfield 24 years Shepherd } sprightly active—good stature S Lyman
9To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 17 January 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
[ January 17, 1799. On March 7, 1799, Hamilton wrote to Pinckney : “I duly received… Your letter of the 17th of January.” Letter not found. ]
10To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 10 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Charleston, South Carolina, June 10, 1799. Discusses recruiting in Georgia and the Carolinas and the disposition of the Fourth Regiment. States: “Mrs. Pinckney (who has been very ill) unites with me in best respects to Mrs. Hamilton. I cannot imagine what gave rise to the Report, you mentioned relative to the Review, as there was not the most distant cause for it.…” ALS , Hamilton Papers,...