Although Hamilton has been identified elsewhere as Capt. W. Hamilton of the ship Union (Fitzpatrick, Diaries description begins John C. Fitzpatrick, ed. The Diaries of George Washington, 1748–1799. 4 vols. Boston and New York, 1925. description ends , 2:168n), that vessel had cleared the port of Philadelphia before 3 Oct. (Pa. Packet, 3 Oct. 1774).