51To Alexander Hamilton from Caleb Swan, 3 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The officers of cavalry are in want of their pay, and have no paymaster to act for them. It would be an accommodation to them and great convenience to me if the mode you shall devise for the appointment of paymasters to the 1st. and 2d. Artillery Regiments can be also adopted with respect to the cavalry. There is a Lieutenant William C Rogers of the cavalry who lives in Philadelphia, is spoken...
52To Alexander Hamilton from Caleb Swan, 7 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the 2d. instant relative to the claim of Mr. Davidson for the pay of Capt. Bishops company. The history of the business from the beginning is this. In August last Lieutenant Evans of Capt Bishops company sent the pay rolls to me for the month of July with an order at the bottom of the pay roll to pay the amount 470 54/100 dollars to Neill and Smith, merchants of...
53To Alexander Hamilton from Caleb Swan, 19 September 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have been honored with your letter of the 14th instant. I have been so long absent in the western country that I am entirely unacquainted with the officers of the new Regiments, and therefore shall be obliged if you will please point out one whom you may consider as a suitable character to act as deputy paymaster to your district, and reside at your head quarters. Although the law vests me...
54To Alexander Hamilton from Caleb Swan, 5 June 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I informed you in a letter dated the 21st ultimo that I expected to be able to report to you on the 31st. that all my part of the pending business would be completed and it was completed on that day, with the exception of the 10th Regt. whose paymaster was detained and did not Reach this place until the 3d instant. The rolls of that Regiment are now under examination and the paymaster will be...