Collection

• Sending Money for the 8th and 9th Regiments

  "The express was on the point of departure with money for the 8th & 9th Regiments when Major Bradley arrived here and informed me that Mr. Bent, Paymaster to Colonel Parker's regiment, was on the way to this place and would be here on Saturday evening which enduced me to suspend sending him as he would probably have missed the paymaster on the road and therefore in some measure defeated the objects of both for a few days. Money will be sent by him for the 9th at the same time I have offered Captain Williamson the deputy's appointment at your headquarters..."

• RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Field & Staff Officers of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Regiments

  "I have the honor to send you the arrangement which has been proposed by General Wilkinson and approved by me; subject to a negative from your department previous to his departure. This mode has been adopted to accelerate his return. In a few instances, transfers of officers from one regiment to another are made in order to avoid as much as possible the separation of officers from men. But care has been taken as to preserving to the officers respectively equal chances of promotion in the new as in the old relative situation."

• RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• RE Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.

• RE Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.

• RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• RE Transfer of Army Units and Equipment

  Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.

• RE Courts-Martial and Infractions of Military discipline

  Routine correspondence concerning courts-martial and infractions of military discipline.

• RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Deployment of Forces and Erection of Fortifications

  Hamilton expresses in detail his recommendations regarding the deployment of forces and the erection of fortifications. He believes strongly that the soldiery should be used for this purpose whenever practicable.
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  Recruits and Administrative Matters

  Hamilton lists the number of recruits to be expected by Wilkinson in the upcoming months. Discusses various matters related to the running of posts, such as compensation for men working on fortifications, compensation of property owners whose land is converted to public use, the construction of courts martial, and the usage of boats passing a frontier post.

• Arrangement of Rank of Colonels and Majors

  "No particular rules were laid down for the government of the colonels and majors in the arrangement of rank as it was supposed that they would naturally take into consideration all circumstances which, in a military point of view, give one man the preference to another. Former service is certainly to have weight and, where there is no material difference of character, is to govern the decision. Officers of a subsequent [appointment] will rank after those of a prior appointment. The majors are all of one grade. There will be however between them a priority of rank and this priority will be determined by the principles of rank heretofore [promulgated] when they come to be applied to particular cases."
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  Certification of payment; Jeremiah Buck, Contractor, for rations and quartermaster stores furnished recruits of the 11th Regiment at Bridgetown, New Jersey under command of Captain A. Brooks

  Certification of payment; 245.75 to Jeremiah Buck, Contractor, for rations and quartermaster stores furnished recruits of the 11th Regiment at Bridgetown, New Jersey under command of Captain A. Brooks.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Henley that his packages were received. Simmons also makes a request of Henley to forward a box of his brother's personal articles as soon as possible.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Stoddard that his accounts were forwarded to the Paymaster General.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons forwards the accounts sent by Capt. Amos Stoddard to the Paymaster General.
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  General Court Martial Records

  Encloses records from the General Court Martial. Illegible details.
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  Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  McHenry encloses an extract of a letter from Captain James Taylor.
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  Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers

• Minutes of a Meeting in Trenton, New Jersey

  Minutes of a meeting in Trenton, New Jersey, October 30, 1799.
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  Lists of Ensigns Elected, 17 June 1780

  Copy of a minutes from a council and assembly meeting,17 June 1780. Lists ensigns elected.

• Citation Only

  Enclosed in McHenry to Hamilton, 11/01/1799
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  Unfavorable Opinion of the Muskets of Mr. Peck, Etc.

  Amidst a general assessment of the operations of the Springfield Armory, Wiliams notes that there is an unfavorable opinion of the quality of the muskets received of Mr. Peck. At the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, the muskets have been examined by the Chief Armorer Colonel Foreman in the factory and they are found to be not of good quality. He asks about the propriety of private apprentices being on the pay rolls of the works.