From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Genet, 29 November 1799
To Benjamin Genet, 29 November 1799
NY. Nov. 29. 1799
Sir,
I have concluded to put the sick on Governor’s & Ellis’s islands under your care, and you will be pleased to take charge of them. You will be entitled to the compensation of a Surgeon’s Mate
Doctor Genet
(Df, in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).