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From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Dexter, 2 July 1800

To Samuel Dexter1

N Y. July 2. 1800

Sir

From the terms of the act disbanding the additional army,2 and correspondence with the Department of War3 I consider my Military agency as having ceased. When therefore any remnants of the business formerly under my superintendence present themselves I can only lay them before you for your consideration and decision. In pursuance of this idea I send you the enclosed account.

S of War

Df, in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Dexter, a Massachusetts lawyer and Federalist, was a member of the House of Representatives from 1793 to 1795 and the United States Senate from 1799 to 1800. He was appointed Secretary of War on May 13, 1800 (Executive Journal, I description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate (Washington, 1828), I. description ends , 353, 354).

2. See H to Nathan Rice, May 13, 1800, note 1.

3. See James McHenry to H, May 5, first letter of May 16, May 20, two letters of May 27, 1800; H to McHenry, May 18, 19, 22, 31, 1800; Benjamin Stoddert to H, June 3, 1800; Samuel Hodgdon to H, May 19, 1800; Caleb Swan to H, May 17, June 5, 1800; H to Swan, May 17, 19, 23, 1800.

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Dexter, 2 July 1800,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-25-02-0005. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 25, July 1800 – April 1802, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1977, p. 6.]

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