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Collection Reference Number GLC01450.448.05
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1799 
Title To Simon Elliot
Date 10 January 1799
Author McHenry, James (1753-1816)  
Document Type Military document
Content Description Informs Elliot that the President has appointed him "Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry in the army of the United States." Written from the War Department.
Subjects Infantry  Military History  Quasi-war  Global History and Civics  France  President  
People Elliot , Simon (1762-1832)  Henry, James W. (fl. 1799)  
Theme Government & Politics; The Presidency; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Simon Elliot was a Major General in the Massachusetts Militia. Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859