From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 17 January 1800
To Rufus Graves, 17 January 1800
N.Y. Jany. 17th. 1800
Sir
On enquiry of the Dep. Paymaster General, if he had received an acknowlegement of the money forwarded by him to your Regt., he informed me that of a letter from your paymaster, excusing his not having noticed the receipt before, from the circumstance of his absence from the Regiment. I request you to inform me of the cause of his absence, as it must have occasioned great delay in appropriating the money to its proper use—
With —
Col. Graves—
(copy in the handwriting of Ethan Brown, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).