51To George Washington from Major Joseph Pettingill, 12 June 1779 (Washington Papers)
93, manuscript file no. 2093. The docket of this letter in the writing of GW’s secretary Robert Hanson Harrison reads: “promotion determ[ine]d irregular by Board of Officers.”GW to Alexander McDougall, 25 Feb.
52To George Washington from Brigadier General William Maxwell, 12 September 1778 (Washington Papers)
The enclosed proceedings have not been identified. GW’s general orders of 14 Sept
approved the “not guilty” verdicts for captains John Burrowes and Alexander Mitchell,
and GW’s secretary Robert Hanson Harrison informed Maxwell in a letter of 17 Sept.
(
53To George Washington from Major General Nathanael Greene, 19 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
Robert Hanson Harrison to GW, 28 Nov.Greene refers to GW’s aide-de-camp Alexander Hamilton. Brig. Gen. Edward Hand succeeded Col. Alexander Scammell as adjutant general (see
54To George Washington from John Sullivan, 6 March 1781 (Washington Papers)
No record of Lt. Col. Alexander Hamilton’s nomination to fill the office of secretary of foreign affairs appears in New York delegate Alexander McDougall’s election occurred on 27 Feb. (see
55To George Washington from Major General Lafayette, 25 June 1778 (Washington Papers)
. The last paragraph was written by Alexander Hamilton, who also addressed and signed the cover.Alexander Hamilton, who was assigned to accompany Lafayette as liaison officer, rode ahead of the detachment to gather intelligence. Hamilton wrote to Lafayette at “9 OClock” on this date from “Doctor Stile’s House Cranbury Town,” N...
56To George Washington from Major General William Phillips, 16 January 1779 (Washington Papers)
For the report of American prisoner exchange commissioners Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton on their meeting with the British commissioners, Col. Charles O’Hara and Col. West Hyde, at Perth Amboy, N.J., on 11–12 Dec. 1778, see the
57To George Washington from Major General William Phillips, 19 June 1780 (Washington Papers)
; although dated two days later than the letter from Phillips to GW, the enclosure has a docket in the writing of GW’s secretary Robert Hanson Harrison that reads: “transmitted by Major Genl Phillips—in a Letter of 19 June.” For the certified lists of prisoners arranged at Perth Amboy, N.J., see , in Alexander Hamilton’s writing,
58To George Washington from Azariah Dunham, 6 April 1780 (Washington Papers)
. Dunham later wrote GW’s aide-de-camp Lt. Col. Alexander Hamilton from Morristown on this date: “There is eleven thousand & thirty four pounds of Beef in Morris Six Miles from this place, omitted in the return delivered this morning and I have since heard there is some..., in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing,
59To George Washington from John Kilty, 23 July 1794 (Washington Papers)
Alexander Contee Hanson’s letter to GW of 22 July assured him that Kilty "possesses, in a superiour degree, the qualifications requisite for discharging this important office, with advantage to the public, and that I believe, there is no man...
60To George Washington from Major General Philip Schuyler, 29 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
...). Johnson, who had served in Canada during the previous fall and winter as first lieutenant of Capt. John Lamb’s independent New York artillery company, was appointed first lieutenant of Capt. Alexander Hamilton’s independent New York artillery company in February 1776. Hamilton informed the New York convention on 12 Aug. 1776 that Johnson had been promoted “to a captaincy of one of the...
61To George Washington from Lund Washington, 24 November 1775 (Washington Papers)
The letter sent by Robert Hanson Harrison was the one of 15 Oct., and the letter sent by Martha Washington was the one of 14 November. The previous Sunday was 19 November., 16 Nov., and Alexander Purdie’s
62To George Washington from Nicholas Cruger, 18 April 1780 (Washington Papers)
Nicholas Cruger (1743–1800) came from a merchant family engaged in the West Indies trade. Cruger had employed Alexander Hamilton as a clerk on St. Croix and subsequently supported his move to New York and education. His brother John Harris Cruger served with distinction as a Loyalist officer in the British army. Nicholas Cruger later endorsed GW’..., in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing,
63To George Washington from a Council of War, 9 May 1778 (Washington Papers)
, in Alexander Hamilton’s writing, ; copy, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing,
64To George Washington from Major General Nathanael Greene, 31 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
, 221–22). An express had reached Philadelphia on 30 Oct. with news of the British departure from Charlotte (see John Hanson to Charles Carroll of Carrollton, that date, postscript, in .... Gen. Alexander Leslie, with orders to divert attention from Cornwallis’s incursion into western Virginia, sailed from Sandy Hook, N.J., on 17 Oct. and arrived in Chesapeake Bay on 20 October. The troops...
65To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 20 May 1780 (Washington Papers)
in every thing in which You shall believe that I may contribute to the success of the combined operations” (Translation, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, On 14 May, GW’s aide-de-camp Alexander Hamilton had written New York delegate James Duane that Lafayette “wishes Congress to pass some resolution of thanks and to recommend him to their Minister in France” (
66To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 10 September 1776 (Washington Papers)
In a letter of this date addressed “to General Heath or General Miflin,” Gen. Alexander McDougall reports: “Early this morning about 1000 of the Enemy landed on montresours Island; and its probable many more will be landed there for the Conveniency of landing on the main, or to raise a Battery to facilitate......Hanson Harrison replied to Heath on 11 Sept. that GW was “fully sensible that you...
67To George Washington from David Stuart, 18 April 1792 (Washington Papers)
Alexander Contee Hanson to GW, 2 Aug. 1790, note 1
68To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Rufus Putnam, 11 February 1776 (Washington Papers)
. Those shortages were alleviated by the cannon and mortars recently brought from Ticonderoga by Henry Knox and the shot and shells sent from New York City by Alexander McDougall....inspecting the Dorchester area on this date. “His Excellency with Coll Gridley & Col. Knox,” Robert Hanson Harrison wrote to Artemas Ward early today, “will be at your Quarters at 10 OClock this morning in...
69To George Washington from Major General Lafayette, 28 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
Lafayette presumably refers to Lt. Col. Alexander Hamilton’s fluency in French.Robert Hanson Harrison to GW, this date, n.15
70To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel William De Hart, 30 May 1779 (Washington Papers)
. Robert Hanson Harrison docketed the letter “acknowledged 31 with thanks for the intelligence,” but no reply has been found.). GW accordingly alerted Maj. Gen. Alexander McDougall to take measures for the protection of West Point, and ordered Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam to prepare to reinforce McDougall if necessary (see GW’s letters
71To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Richard Varick, 24 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
The letter from GW’s secretary Robert Hanson Harrison to Varick dated 19 Oct. has not been identified, but see n.5 below.Varick wrote GW’s aide-de-camp Alexander Hamilton from Beverly Robinson’s house on this date: “I am to beg you, to be so obliging, as to send me your deposition, by the first conveyance, of what my conduct was, or appeared to...
72To George Washington from Tobias Lear, 2 December 1796 (Washington Papers)
For Lear’s earlier advice respecting Alexander Smith’s debt, see GW to Samuel Hanson, 23 July 1797
73To George Washington from Major General Lafayette, 9 December 1780 (Washington Papers)
Lafayette showed less reserve when he wrote GW’s aide-de-camp Alexander Hamilton from Philadelphia on this date: He had discussed with congressional delegates Hamilton’s suitability for the assignment as envoy to France and believed he knew “a number of voices that will Be for you. … I think...Robert Hanson Harrison to GW, 28 Nov., n.15
74To George Washington from Elias Boudinot, 28 June–6 July 1778 (Washington Papers)
GW to Robert Hanson Harrison, 4 Mar. 1777GW to Alexander Hamilton, 4 June
75To George Washington from La Luzerne, 23 January 1780 (Washington Papers)
Translation, in Alexander Hamilton’s writing, La Luzerne’s conference with GW did not take place until April. La Luzerne, accompanied by the Spanish agent Juan de Miralles, arrived in Morristown on 19 April and visited with GW until 25 April (see Robert Hanson Harrison to Jedediah Huntington and to William Livingston, both 19 April [both in
76To George Washington from John White, 28 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
. Another letter, one from Alexander C. Hanson to GW dated 14 April 1789 attesting to White’s good character and stating that “in a variety of employments relating to the public accounts, he has served for near ten years, and I verily believe he has...
77To George Washington from Bryan Fairfax, 5 August 1774 (Washington Papers)
John Dalton, a leading merchant of Alexandria, is listed among the twenty-five members of the county committee in the Fairfax County Resolves, 18 July. Williamson and Alexander Henderson are not listed. For a possible identification of Williamson, see [Rind; Williamsburg], 21 July 1774). Harrison and Grayson are probably Robert Hanson Harrison and William Grayson.
78To George Washington from John West, Jr., 26 April 1769 (Washington Papers)
...1768. Martha Price Posey’s first husband, George Harrison, left to her for life his plantation of some two hundred acres neighboring Mount Vernon. In 1757 Posey bought from Thomas Marshall, the father of Thomas Hanson Marshall, a six-acre strip of land along the Potomac adjacent to the Harrison tract that he held through his wife. When Mrs. Posey died in 1768, John West, Jr., who was the...