Circular to the Field Officers of the Twelve Additional Regiments

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Circular to the Field Officers of the Twelve Additional Regiments

Description

Circular to the field Officers of the twelve additional regiments. In this circular, McHenry asked for the details of each officer's military service, which be used in settling their relative rank;

year created

1799

month created

07

day created

13

author

recipient

in collection

note

Enclosed in McHenry to Washington, 09/03/1799.
Also enclosed in the letter is Washington to McHenry, 9/15/1799, in which Washington returned to McHenry the enclosures in McHenry to Washigton, 9/3/1799 and also enclosed "A list of Lieutenant Colonels and Majors...ranked agreeably to the documents from the War Office and in conformity with the rules adopted by the President of the United States relative to the rank and promotion of the Army."

notable person/group

James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Lloyd Moore
William Shute
David Hopkins
William S. Smith
Josias Carvel Hall
William D. Beall
Aaron Ogden
Thomas Parker
Lawrence Butler
Nathan Rice
George Stevenson
Richard Hunewell
John Rowe
Robert Beale
James Baytrop
William C. Bentley
Henry M. Rutledge
Rufus Graves
William Jones
John Ripley
William Willcocks
John Smith
Isaac Winslow
James Armstrong
Timothy Taylor
John Walker
Timothy Darling
William Brickell
William Henderson
William Campbell
Alexander D. Moore
James Read

notable item/thing

"A list of Lieutenant Colonels and Majors...ranked agreeably to the documents from the War Office and in conformity with the rules adopted by the President of the United States relative to the rank and promotion of the Army."

document number

1799071315002

Document instances

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[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient Alexander Hamilton [unknown] [n/a]