From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 11 November 1799
To James McHenry, 11 November 1799
New York Novr. 11th. 1799
Sir,
Col. Rice proposes Mess Joseph Stickney and Edward Le Britton Wilson as Cadets in his Regiment, and I would recommend that they be immediately appointed.
The Col. mentions that they can not recruit a man from the want of cash money—
With great
Sy. of War
(Df, in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).