From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 31 August 1799
To James McHenry
New York, August 31, 1799. “I have lately received pressing applications from various quarters … for a supply of Horsemens Tents.1 On this subject I can only renew the urgent requests which I have so frequently made to you.…”2
Df, in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
1. These requests are in William S. Smith to H, August 15, 1799; Thomas Parker to H, August 15, 17, 1799 (both letters listed in the appendix to this volume).