French Version of the Pace

Item

Type

Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Title

French Version of the Pace

Description

Hamilton delves further into the French system for measuring the pace during a march. He wants to know why the French maintain a uniform pace regardless of velocity since it would seem that paces should increase according to velocity.

year created

1800

month created

05

day created

13

sent from location

New York

in collection

notable person/group

Vicomte de Noailles
Alexander Hamilton
troops
French

notable location

New York
War Department
France

notable idea/issue

French System
cadence
pace
velocity
opinion

document number

1800051337000

page start

1

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Printed Versions [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Alexander Hamilton New York [n/a]
Recipient Vicomte De Noailles [unknown] [n/a]