Disposition of the Four Regiments of the Permanent Establishment
Item
Type
Autograph Draft Document
Title
Disposition of the Four Regiments of the Permanent Establishment
Description
Hamilton describes in detail his ambitious plan for the disposition of the four regiments of the permanant army.
year created
1799
month created
10
day created
12
author
sent from location
Trenton
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 10/16/1799, Hamilton to McHenry, 10/22/1799 and McHenry to Hamilton, 11/15/1799.
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
General Wilkinson
Commander in Chief [Washington]
reserve force
recruits
white inhabitants
English neighbors
British traders in peltry
tribes connected with Lake Michigan
reserved force
powerful Spaniards
tribes of Indians
northwestern Indians
Great Britain
regiment allotted to General Pinckney's command
Fourth Regiment
Colonel [Thomas] Butler
Major [Daniel] Bradley
notable location
Trenton
Michilimacnac
Western Quarter
portals of our Northwestern territory
lower parts of the Mississippi
the Ohio
southwestern territory
Loftus Heights
the Mobile [River]
Tennessee
straits which connect Lake Erie with the Huron and Mississippi
Massac
Harpers Ferry
Georgia
notable item/thing
economy
attack
reinforcement and succor
enterprises of American traders
reasonable protection to the inhabitants
defeat and loss
offensive operation
rupture with Spain
fortification of stone or brick garnished with the proper exterior batteries
dimunition of amity with Spain
southern posts
boats equal to the transportation of three thousand men
want of a skillful engineer
coup de mains
citadel
arrangment for the officers of the four old regiments
notable phrase
The distribution of the troops by corps in contiguous or relative positions
The reduction of the number of posts
The obtaining of a reserve force
The promoting of economy by lessening the garrisons of some of the most remote stations
as the site is an island [Michilimacnac] it may effectually resist Indian attack
serious attack from our English neighbors
avoid the appearance to the Indians of an abandonment of that part of the country
force now upon the lower parts of the Mississippi will be reduced
repelling of a serious attack from out neighbors
imminent danger of total defeat and loss
our reserved force placed on the Ohio reinforced by the militia
force assigned to the undertaking can rapidly descend the Mississippi
a strongly fortified post ought to guard our southern extremity on the Mississippi
powerful tribes of Indians in our southwestern territory
Loftus Heights...commands the narrowest part of the river
I concur in the expediency of occupying this height
it would seem to me desireable to have on each strait a work suited to about a thousand men
good understanding which at this time subsists between the US and Great Britain
permanancy of friendship between nations is to little to be relied upon
particular attention is paid to Massac
secure and command the confluence of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers
fourth regiment will naturally be that to be assigned to the Tennessee and Georgia
the advanced state of the season renders it necessary that General Wilkinson should depart without delay
document number
1799101240000
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Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Alexander Hamilton | Trenton | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |