51From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Daniel Morgan, [17 May 1778] (Hamilton Papers)
His Excellency is sending a considerable detachment towards the enemy’s lines, which will march tomorrow morning. He desires you to select 50 men of your corps, under good officers, and send them to join that detachment. It will be at White marsh tomorrow afternoon where your party will be expected. A party of Indians will join the party to be sent from your corps, at White marsh and act with...
52From Alexander Hamilton to the Officer Commanding a Party of Continental Troops, 1 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Stockton informs his Excellency that a number of articles belonging to him were plundered out of the waggons in the late robbery by the tories in the Clove, part of which articles he has reason to believe are distributed among the inhabitants in the neighbourhood. The General directs will give Mr. Stockton all the assistance in your power to recover his property. ALS , sold at Parke-Bernet...
53From Alexander Hamilton to Brigadier General William Irvine, 8 September [1779] (Hamilton Papers)
[ West Point ] September 8 , [ 1779 ]. Regrets inability to keep appointment for breakfast. ALS , Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
54From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Schuyler, 15 March 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Amboy, New Jersey, March 15, 1780. On March 17, Hamilton wrote to Elizabeth Schuyler : “I wrote you a hasty letter two days ago.” Letter not found. ]
55Statement of Money Owed Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton for his Services as Aide-de-Camp, [January 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
Pay due to Lt Col Hamilton, Aide De Camp to The Commander in Chief from the last of June to the last of December 1779 Six Months, at 60 dolls ⅌ M: 360 ADf , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. This statement was written by H and then crossed out; it is on the reverse side of a single-page draft of a letter which Washington sent to Lord Stirling, January 29, 1780.
56Return of Captain Alexander Hamilton’s Company of Artillery, [20 April 1776] (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York ] April 20, 1776 . The return is headed: “A Return of the Colony Company of Artillery commanded by Alexander Hamilton April 20th, 1776” and is in the form of a table showing the number of each rank present and fit for duty, sick, on furlough, on command duty, or taken as prisoner. Hamilton’s company contained a total of 69 commissioned and noncommissioned officers. AD , George...
57From Alexander Hamilton to Stewart and Totten, 11 April 1781 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New Windsor, New York, April 11, 1781. On April 13, 1781, Stewart and Totten wrote to Hamilton : “We have this moment Recv’d your favour of ye 11th Inst.” Letter not found. ] The firm of Stewart and Totten was located in Philadelphia. Although the firm is listed on the tax rolls for 1782 in the Pennsylvania Archives (3rd ser., XVI, 295, 521), no information is given concerning the firm’s...
58From Alexander Hamilton to James Duane, 20 August 1783 (Hamilton Papers)
Albany, August 20, 1783. Requests information concerning 40,000 acres of land in Tryon County on which Abel James holds a mortgage. ALS , New-York Historical Society, New York City.
59From Alexander Hamilton to Brigadier General Henry Knox, [3 June 1779] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Middlebrook, New Jersey, June 3, 1779. ] Catalogue description reads: “Regarding DeKalb’s movements.” Letter not found. ] ALS , sold by C. F. Libbie, April 26, 1904, Lot 1125.
60From Alexander Hamilton to Major General Alexander McDougall, [8 November 1778] (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your favor of the 4th, and shall with pleasure communicate the intelligence we have at Head Quarters. On the morning of the 3d. one hundred and eight sail of vessels sailed out of the Hook, supposed from the best calculations to contain 7 or 8000 men. They first steered to the Eastward; but soon after changed their course and bore S.E with the wind at NW. The general accounts...