1[September 1775] (Adams Papers)
Mr. Smith, Mr. Imlay and Mr. Hanson, breakfasted with us. Smith is an Englishman, Imlay and Hanson N. Yorkers.I went in the Bull Dog Captn. Alexander Commander. Mr. Hillegas, Mr. Owen Biddle, and Mr. Rittenhouse, and Capt. Faulkner
2[November 1775] (Adams Papers)
John HansonCharles Alexander.
3[List of Persons Suitable for Naval Commands, November 1775] (Adams Papers)
John HansonCharles Alexander.
4John Quincy Adams to Walter Hellen, 28 April 1802 (Adams Papers)
...Joshua Johnson’s former partners in the mercantile firm of Wallace, Johnson, & Muir. The partners reached a financial settlement through arbitration in 1799, but Johnson later challenged the settlement in court. In Oct. 1799 Maryland chancellor Alexander Contee Hanson (1749–1806) ruled against Johnson. Hanson issued a handbill dated 31 March 1800 justifying his actions, but Johnson appealed...
5To John Adams from Alexander Contee Hanson, 6 December 1792 (Adams Papers)
A C Hanson
6From John Adams to United States Senate, 29 January 1799 (Adams Papers)
Alexander MurrayHanson Catlett
7From John Adams to United States Senate, 2 March 1801 (Adams Papers)
Charles AlexanderCharles Alexander Jun.
Mr. & Mrs. Hanson are highly flattered by having it in their power to acknowledge the honor of an invitation to dine with Mr. & Mrs. Adams, and certainly do not regret less than Mr. & Mrs. Adams the circumstances which...
9From John Quincy Adams to Alexander Contee Hanson, 23 March 1818 (Adams Papers)
According to your request, I return the plat, which you had the goodness to send me with many thanks.—Your letter of 6th. Feby. had remained unanswered, not only from the pressure of public business, but from an inability to answer specifically in the name of all Mr. Johnson’s heirs—His affairs were left at his decease in 1802 in a state of great embarrassment, chiefly owing to a suit in...
10To John Adams from Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 3 December 1822 (Adams Papers)
...in consequence of the extreme severity of the weather—It was however tolerably pleasant—Dr. & Mrs. Thornton Mrs Key Mr & Miss Tayloe, Mr Mrs. & Miss Pleasanton, Major and Miss Selden, Dr Wrightman, Miss Hanson, Miss Aldrich Miss Forrest, Judge McLean, Mr Cook of Illinois Mr. Rhea, Mr Lear Mr. Coxe Mr. Elgar and Dr. Huntt with the Corps Diplomatique—I like Judge McLean very well he is a very...
11To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [20 January 1777] (Hamilton Papers)
A statement in George Washington’s letter to Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison, VII, 519) as Alexander Hamilton. It is probable that it was in this letter that Washington asked H to join his staff as an aide-de-camp.
12George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison, [4 March 1777] (Hamilton Papers)
Alexander Hamilton
13George Washington to John Hancock, 7 October 1777 (Hamilton Papers)
. Reports American losses at Germantown and estimates British losses. Intends to rest the men and wait for reinforcements. Reports on naval forces on the Delaware. Asks for more general officers. Recommends Brigadier General Alexander McDougall for promotion. Urges speedy completion of inquiry into Major General Arthur St. Clair. Reports arrival of British ships at Verplanks Point....Hanson...
14[To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington], [21 October 1777] (Hamilton Papers)
. Actually it was written by Robert Hanson Harrison for Washington to Brigadier General James Potter and is printed in
15To Alexander Hamilton from Colonel Alexander Scammell, [January 1778] (Hamilton Papers)
This letter is addressed to “Colo Hamilton or [Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson] Harrison.”
16From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 5 March 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Four commissioners were appointed by Washington to negotiate a cartel with the British. They were, in addition to H, Elias Boudinot, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison, and Colonel William Grayson, a former aide to Washington.
17George Washington to Sir William Howe, 22 March 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
. Demands exchange of Lieutenant Colonel Ethan Allen for Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell and release of Captains Isaiah Robinson and Nathaniel Galt. Informs Howe that Elias Boudinot, Colonel William Grayson, and Lieutenant Colonels Alexander Hamilton and Robert Hanson Harrison have , in writings of Robert Hanson Harrison and H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
18Commission to Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias … (Hamilton Papers)
To Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton and Elias Boudinot Esquire Commissary General of Prisoners
19Charles Thomson to Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias … (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot
20George Washington to Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and … (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot
21Colonels Charles O’Hara and Humphrey Stephens, and Captain Richard FitzPatrick to Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant … (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot
22Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot to … (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot to
23Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot to George … (Hamilton Papers)
, in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; copy, Reel 168, Item 152, V, p. 493, Papers of the Continental Congress, National Archives; copy, Reel 187, Item 169, IV, p. 289, Papers...
24Commission to Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias … (Hamilton Papers)
To Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot Esquire Commissary General of prisoners.
25Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot to … (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot to
26Draft of a Proposed Cartel for the Exchange of Prisoners of War, [10–11 April 1778] (Hamilton Papers)
We William Grayson Colonel, Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton Lieutenant Colonels, and Elias Boudinot, Commissary General of Prisoners, in the Armies of the United States
27Colonels Charles O’Hara and Humphrey Stephens, and Captain Richard FitzPatrick to Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant … (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot
28Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot to … (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot to
29Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot to George … (Hamilton Papers)
, in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; copy, Reel 168, Item 152, V, p. 497, Papers of the Continental Congress, National Archives; copy, Reel 187, Item 169, p. 293, Papers of the...
30From Alexander Hamilton to Patrick Dennis, [16 July 1778] (Hamilton Papers)
, in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
31From Alexander Hamilton to Brigadier General James Clinton, 1 August 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
, in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
32From Alexander Hamilton to Royal Flint, [27 November 1778] (Hamilton Papers)
...1778, Sir Henry Clinton wrote to Washington concerning the exchange of prisoners. On November 27, Washington wrote to John Beatty, commissary general of prisoners, Continental Army, that he had selected H and Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison as the American commissioners to negotiate with the British commissioners for the exchange of prisoners (George Washington Papers, Library of...
33Commission to Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, [30 November 1778] (Hamilton Papers)
To Lieut Colonel Rob Hanson Harrison Lieut Colonel Alexander HamiltonIn virtue of these powers, you the said Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton are appointed and I do hereby appoint you Commissioners, to repair to Amboy in the State of New jersey on Monday the 7 of December, then and there, or at such other place as shall be afterwards...
34To Alexander Hamilton from Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens, [5 December 1778] (Hamilton Papers)
I.e., Robert Hanson Harrison.
35To Alexander Hamilton from James McHenry, 6 December 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
The original of this letter has not been found. The extract quoted above was taken from Robert Hanson Harrison to Nathanael Greene, December 6, 1778 (
36Colonels Charles O’Hara and West Hyde to Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, 12 December … (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton
37Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton to Colonels Charles O’Hara and West Hyde, 12 December … (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton to
38Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [15 December 1778] (Hamilton Papers)
Report of Lieutenant Colonels, Robert Hanson Harrison & Alexander Hamilton Commissioners &ca. To His Excellency General Washington—
39From Alexander Hamilton to Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens, [11 September 1779] (Hamilton Papers)
At the bottom of the last page of this letter Robert Hanson Harrison wrote: “Mon Cher Laurens, Je suis votre ami & serviteur. R. H. Harrison.”
40George Washington to Brigadier General Louis Le Bèque Du Portail and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton, 10 October … (Hamilton Papers)
, in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress; also , in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; copy, , in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
41George Washington to Brigadier General Louis Le Bèque Du Portail and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton, 21 October … (Hamilton Papers)
, in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison; Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress; , in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress).
42George Washington to Brigadier General Louis Le Bèque Du Portail and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton, 30 October … (Hamilton Papers)
, in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress; , in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. This letter was forwarded by Major Henry Lee. See , in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
43George Washington to Brigadier General Louis Le Bèque Du Portail and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton, 11 November … (Hamilton Papers)
, in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. At the end of the letter, a note (dated November 11, 1779) states that the original was sent to Deputy Quartermaster General John Mitchell at Philadelphia who in turn... ...it to Du Portail and H (Washington to Mitchell, in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, George Washington Papers, Library of...
44George Washington to Major General Arthur St. Clair and Lieutenant Colonels Edward Carrington and Alexander Hamilton, [8 … (Hamilton Papers)
, in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress., in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
45To Alexander Hamilton from Colonel Otho H. Williams, 30 August 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison, who was military secretary to Washington.
46From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Schuyler, [5 October 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison.
47To Alexander Hamilton from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison, [27 October 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
From Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison
48From Alexander Hamilton to Lieutenant Colonel Richard Varick, [28 October 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Richard Kidder Meade.
49From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [22 November 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison to H, October 27, 1780
50To Alexander Hamilton from Lieutenant Colonel Richard Kidder Meade, 13 January 1781 (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison. He had gone to Virginia for a visit at the same time that Meade had left Headquarters to be married.