1From Alexander Hamilton to Marquis de Chastellux, [14 June 1784] (Hamilton Papers)
Colonel Matthew Clarkson, a member of a family prominent in the political and mercantile affairs of New York, served during the American Revolution as aide-de-camp to Major General Benedict Arnold and later on the staff of Major General Benjamin Lincoln. Among many other offices which he held after the war, he was a regent of the University of the State of New York.
2To George Washington from Henry Knox, 22 November 1785 (Washington Papers)
James Fairlie (d. 1830), aide-de-camp to Steuben during the Revolution, arrived at Mount Vernon in the afternoon of 8 December. Alexander Hamilton wrote GW on 25 Nov.
3From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [25 November 1785] (Hamilton Papers)
Major James Fairlie, a resident of Albany, New York, was aide-de-camp to Baron von Steuben from July, 1778, to the end of the American Revolution.
4December [1785] (Washington Papers)
: James Fairlie (d. 1830), a major and aide-de-camp to Baron von Steuben during the Revolution, had brought GW letters from Alexander Hamilton (25 Nov. 1785,
5[Diary entry: 8 December 1785] (Washington Papers)
: James Fairlie (d. 1830), a major and aide-de-camp to Baron von Steuben during the Revolution, had brought GW letters from Alexander Hamilton (25 Nov. 1785,
6Report of a Committee of the New York State Society of the Society of the Cincinnati, [6 July 1786] (Hamilton Papers)
, 91), it is stated only that “this report was signed by Richard Morris, Alexander Hamilton, David Brooks, Edward Dunscomb and Robert Troup as the Committee.” Although H doubtless presented the report, no proof of his authorship has been found....general for New York troops from 1780 to 1782. Edward Dunscomb was a captain during the Revolution. Robert Troup had served as aide-de-camp to Major...
7From Alexander Hamilton to Nathaniel Mitchell, [20 July 1787] (Hamilton Papers)
Major William Pierce served during the Revolution as aide-de-camp to Major General Nathanael Greene. After his retirement from the Army in 1783, he was the head of a mercantile house in Savannah, Georgia. In 1786, Pierce was elected a member of the Continental Congress and, in...
8To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Wadsworth, 26 August 1787 (Hamilton Papers)
David Humphreys, aide-de-camp to General Washington during the Revolution and post-war diplomat, was at this time residing in Connecticut where, in 1786, he had been elected a member of the Assembly.
9From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [13 August 1788] (Hamilton Papers)
...British navy in the West Indies during the American Revolution. In 1782 he returned to England, was placed on half pay, and was not again placed on active duty until 1790. His brother, Charles, a major and aide-de-camp to Earl Cornwallis, had been killed at Yorktown.
10John H. Livingston, Thomas Jones, Alexander Hamilton, and Brockholst Livingston to Richard Morris, 8 September 1788 (Hamilton Papers)
Henry Brockholst Livingston was an aide-de-camp to General Philip Schuyler during the American Revolution. In 1779 he went to Spain as the private secretary of John Jay, the new Minister to the Court at Madrid. In 1783 he was admitted to the bar and...
11To George Washington from Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., 28 October 1788 (Washington Papers)
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740–1809), son of Gov. Jonathan Trumbull of Connecticut, had served as one of GW’s aides-de-camp during the Revolution. After the war he returned to Lebanon to engage in business and serve at various times in the state legislature. In May 1788 he was elected speaker of the Connecticut lower house. Elected to the......to Alexander Hamilton, expressing the...