331From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 19 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
By a mistake in the draught I sent you of the Arrangement of your Circle Rutland has been mentioned as a pla Rendezvous, instead of Bennington, which latter is the place intended. You will With great consideration I am Sir &c (Copy, in the handwriting of Ethan Brown, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
332From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 2 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letters of the twenty-seventh of September and of the fifth of October have been duly received. It is my wish that you would recommend as soon as possible two persons to act as Cadets to your regiment. My former letter on the subject was a Circular, and I supposed that nominations had been made by all the Commandants. Your enquiry on the subject of Winter Quarters has been already replied...
333From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 11 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
My circular of the 31 of March professes to transmit profers offers a plan for the Division and subdivision of the Circle, within which your Regiment is to be raised. When that letter was written it was supposed that materials for a perfect plan would speedily have been proposed obtained; but prev peculiar circumstances not necessary to be specified, have disappointed that expectation. The...
334From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 13 June 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Inclosed is a letter authorising Your Regimental Pay Master to advance to you 650 Dollars. This sum you will apply towards the payment of 200 Dollars to Benjamin Gales on account of his disbursements for the use of your Regiment, of 200 Dollars to Ephraim Curtis on the like account, of 195 Dollars to your officers for defraying the expences of quarters while on the recruiting service and on...
335From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 28 August 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I enclose to you some papers which will be of importance to you whe n you come, in conjunction with your Majors to revise the arrangement of relative rank for your regiment. With great consideration I am, Sir &c. &c. ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
336From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 13 August 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your different letters of the 25th. 26th & 27th July, and of August 3rd. have been received. Relying on your judgment I consent to the proposed alterations in the regimental rendezvouses, and in the arrangement of the districts. The persons nominated as Adjutant Quartermaster and Paymaster, as also those recommended as Lieutenants have been sent on to the Secretary of War, and have received my...
337From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 4 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your several letters of the sixteenth of November, and of the seventh eighth and ninth of December. Upon recurrence to the Contract with Mr. Sheaffe I find that it does not require him to furnish stationary transportation, stationary and the other articles of Quarter Master supply. The removal of this deficiency defect has been a subject of communication with the Sect. of War....
338From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 27 August 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the eighteenth of this month, and have transmitted a copy of it to the Secretary of War in order that any thing which shall remain to be done in that department may be done. It is however the business of the Contractors to provide the means of furnishing the stipulated supplies—They may apply for advances of money to the Dept. of War but they must procure the...
339From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 10 September 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
You will see, from the — enclosed return that a sufficient supply of clothing has been sent on for the present use of your regiment—It appears from a letter of Major Darling to the Secretary of War that he has not received the proportion of supplies to which he is entitled—This has arisen from the last parcel having been sent entirely to Portsmouth. You will therefore take care that a...
340From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 15 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letters of the second of December and of the first of January have been received. I leave it to your discretion to keep the recently enlisted recruits at their respective rendezvouses during the winter, or to send them on to their encampment at Oxford. They must however be at however march for their encampments quarters by the first of April. I can not see how any difficulty should arise...
341From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 26 February 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the 25th. Ultimo containing the reasons for the alterations in the relative Rank of the Officers of your regiment. They are such as have induced me to approve entirely of your arrangemen t with the single alteration of placing Captain Ellery now 7th. as 6th. & Captain Green now 6th. as 7th Captain. with true consideration I am ( Df , in the handwriting of Philip...
342From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 13 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of War informs me that Cadets are considered as entitled to the Clothing of Sergeants, and that they have been paid at the rate of thirty one dollars and twenty five cents per suit, that being the value of the general articles according to the latest Contracts ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
343From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves and Richard Hunewell, 4 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The Town of Uxbrige or Oxford (I believe the latter) in the State of Massachusetts (I believe the latter) of which Col Rice will more certainly inform will you is to be the Winter Quarters of the 14th. 15th. & 16th Regiments. There they are to be hutted for which proper measures have been taken directed. You will lose no time in collecting march conveying the men who have been enlisted to that...
344From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 26 September 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter of the fourteenth of this month has been delivered to me. I have written to the proper authority on the subject of bounty money, and have been given to understand that informed that a supply has been forwarded sufficient, with what you have already received, to make up the complement of one half of the regiment. I trust therefore your wants will soon be releived. With great...
345From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 17 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
On enquiry of the Dep. Paymaster General, if he had received an acknowlegement of the money forwarded by him to your Regt., he informed me that of a letter from your paymaster, excusing his not having noticed the receipt before, from the circumstance of his absence from the Regiment. I request you to inform me of the cause of his absence, as it must have occasioned great delay in appropriating...
346From Alexander Hamilton to Michael Gunkle, 24 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I am very sorry that the press hurry of business in which your letter of the seventh instant found me should so long have delayed a reply caused me it to be overlooked it at the time. The tenth regiment together with Captain Elliot’s company of Artillerists had been ordered, previously to the receipt of your letter, to Winter Quarters in the vicinity on the Potowmack in the vicinity of...
347From Alexander Hamilton to James Gunn, 16 December 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
I regretted that my excessive avocations did not permit me, as I intended to call upon you before I left Philadelphia. In addition to the pleasure of doing it I was desirous of knowing the state of your mind with regard to military service. It was not that there was any thing worth your acceptance, upon the disposal of which at the time I could have had any influence, but I wished to...
348From Alexander Hamilton to James Gunn, 24 December 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, December 24, 1800. On January 9, 1801, Gunn wrote to Hamilton : “I have received your favor of the 24th. Ult. Letter not found. ]
349From Alexander Hamilton to James Gunn, [22 December 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
The post of yesterday brought me your favor of the 19th instant. The sentiments in it personal to me are extremely gratifying—and I am very glad to ascertain the military ground upon which you are not unwilling to stand. If things progress, I trust there will be no obstacle to your occupying it. As to further military arrangements my ideas are these. Considering how little has been done...
350From Alexander Hamilton to James Gunn, 24 January 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, January 24, 1799. Hamilton endorsed Gunn’s letter of January 23, 1799: “answered 24.” Letter not found. ]
351From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 10 July 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
A reply is due to some points in your letters of the 25 & 30 of June. It was foreseen that the narrowing of the description of characters who might be enlisted might would impede the progress of the recruiting service; but it is deemed better to submit to this inconvenience than to mingle in the mass of our force elements of disaffection & disorder. The plan is therefore to be sincerely &...
352From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 21 August 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the fourteenth of this month. It is doubtful with me whether a ge regimental Court martial is competent to try for the crime of desertion—You must will therefore take care of keep in confinement the persons mentioned in your letter untill the circumstances of the regiment are so changed such that a general Court Martial can be convened. I shall give orders for...
353From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 23 May 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
You are at liberty to make the Alteration as to the company Rendezvous suggested in your letter of the 19. Instant ( Df , in the handwriting of Philip Church, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
354From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 14 September 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received Your letter of the eleventh of this month has been delivered to me. I approve the exertions you have made for the apprehension of the deserters, but doubt very much, the efficacy of the punishment of hard labour. However, if a Court Martial should shall be disposed to try that such an expedient, I shall will not object to the measure. I have heretofore spoken to you on of the...
355From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 15 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I ha You have already been instructed to put your regiment under marching orders. They will immediately proceed to their destination on the Potowmack in the vicinity of Harpers ferry, taking the route by Frederick Town. The contractors on the road will furnish you with the necessary supplies. I am advised that an advance of two months pay will be forwarded as soon as the forms of office can be...
356From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 3 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received you r letter of the seventh of February. The National legislature having taken the subject of recruiting into under their consideration I have no communications, at present, to make respecting it thought proper to postpone defer till the event shall be known any further communication on that subject with tru e considertn & ( Df , in the handwriting of Philip Church and Thomas...
357From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 19 August 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I send you inclosed an applicatio n of one James Hamilton, for the discharge of — Apprentice—enlisted by Lt. Alexander of your Regiment— You will please to enquire — the fact, and observe that if true the general regulation requires his discharge— With great consideration ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
358From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 8 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the third instant with it’s enclosures. The proper accomm hutts arrangements for hutting at Harper’s ferry will have been, before this, so far advanced that it will be proper to for you to proceed immediately to that place. The affair of pay has, I trust, been settled before now. I can not help thinking that the route which has heretofore prescribed to you by...
359From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 2 July 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have just received through the Secy. of War returns from Majors Beall & Hopkins to the 12th. & 15th. of June. This channel of conveyance is doubly irregular, as the Secy. of War is made the Organ, & as you are not . You will inform the Gentlemen that their Returns are to be made to you—and of Course you will make your returns to me With great consideration &c (Copy, in the handwriting of...
360From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 24 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have just recd. yr. letter of the 20th inst. I can only lament, that notwithstandg. the assurances made to me both verbally and by letter, and may very urgent & reiterated remonstrances requisitions a the transmission of money for your regiment experiences a so painful a delay— I ne hope nevertheless that by this time effectual measures have been taken to obviate complaints of that kind, I...
361From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 31 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your several letters of the eighteenth of September, and of the fourth, fifth and twelfth of October. The enquiries which they cou at present have, I believe, been previous incidentally answered in previous communications. I decline appointing a Court Martial on the men case mentioned in your letter of the fourth instant, as you will soon have reached the place of winter...
362From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 31 May 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letters of the 25 of April and Eighth of May have remained till now unanswered there being nothing in them which required an immediate reply I am satisfied with the arrangements which they announce. I do not however observe that you have made communicated a definitive nomination of Quarter Master. One by this time has probably been resolved upon. I shall be glad to know the person. As...
363From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 23 April 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter of the 13th. instant reached me yesterday at this place. I approve the plan which you suggest for the subdivision of your State into districts and subdistricts. You will proceed accordingly. As soon as it shall be known who is the person nominated as Pay Master, the money and cloathing for commencing the recruiting service will be forwarded to him. This I very earnestly shall...
364From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 19 September 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter of the fifteenth instant has been delivered to me. I approve the measures you have taken on the subject of desertion. It is left with you to Your prudence, on which I entirely rely, will determine how long some of the precautions such as the nocturnal roll calls can be continued without harrassing the soldiery And producing disagreeable impressions on their minds. I have to inform...
365From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 8 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have recd. your letter of Jany. 6th. with the enclosed arrangement of the Officers of your Regiment, which is approved and returned to you. Levi Hillary is placed as fifth 2d. Lieutenant, that being the grade to which he was appointed, in case of his acceptance, by an arrangement of the War Department— With— ( Df , in the handwriting of Ethan Brown, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
366From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 17 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of War has signified to me the confirmation of Lt Cooper as Qr. Master to your Regiment. The Purveyor of Supplies ( Mr. Tench Francis Esqr) is instructed to reimburse the expenditure for the articles which you mention to have been procured. For this purpose, you will transmit to to him to the Purveyor him the vouchers of the purchases, and their cost and to the Superintendant of...
367Enclosure: [Recommendations for Army Appointments], [8 December 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonels 1 [1] Caleb Gibbs Boston 78 [1] John Walker Woburn 76 [1] Richard Honeywell Castine [should be, Hunewell ] Majors 4 [2]
368To Alexander Hamilton from Alexander Hamilton, 4 August 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
I am about to introduce to your acquaintance a cousin & a namesake, by the desire of my father, Mr. William Hamilton; who received the honor of your letter of the 2d. May, & being little in the habits of writing has given it to me to answer, by returning our United thanks for the information it conveyed relative to a person, whose conduct & character have acquired him a degree of reputation,...
369To Alexander Hamilton from Alexander Hamilton, 29 October 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
I received a few days ago a letter from my brother Robert, overflowing with the warmest sensibility of the many important obligations for which he is indebted both to you & Mrs. Hamilton. Since you take a pleasure in conferring happiness, it will no doubt afford you satisfaction to learn the joy which your friendly reception, & endeavors to effect my brother’s appointment into the American...
370From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [November 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
I am vexed My Dear Betsey that the blunder of a servant prevented the inclosed from going by the Post of yesterday. I am well aware how much in my absence your affectionate and anxious heart needs the consolation of frequently hearing from me; and there is no consolation which I am not very much disposed to administer to it. It deserves every thing from me. I am much more in debt to you than I...
371From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 20 April 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I yesterday informed my beloved of my arrival here. A very good night’s rest has put me in as pleasant a state as I can be when absent from my dear and excellent Eliza. But the pressure of my engagements obliges me to confine myself to the information that I am in good health; which I am glad to know is of more importance than any thing else I could say. Kiss all my Children for me. Adieu My...
372From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [2–3 December 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
I had hoped my very Dear Betsey that I should have had no occasion to write you again from this place—but our business unavoidably spins out the time beyond our calculation. It however now certainly draws to a close, and it is hardly possible that I should not be able to leave Philadelphia on Thursday. I ardently and anxiously wish to do it. Be assured of this, and exert your patience. Take...
373From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 17 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I am thus far, My Dear Eliza, on my way to New York. But I am under a necessity of viewing the ground for Winter Quarters to day—which will prevent my being with you before tomorrow. Then please God I shall certainly embrace you & my Dear John. A thousand blessings upon you Yrs. Ever ALS , the Reverend Alexander van Cortlandt Hamilton, Norwalk, Connecticut. H was returning to New York after...
374From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 10 November 179[8] (Hamilton Papers)
I wrote to you, My Eliza, from Trenton. Yesterday afternoon I arrived at this place. I have yielded to the pressing solicitations of Mr. Wolcott to take up my abode at his house, which you know is at the corner of Spruce and Fourth Streets. Mrs Wolcott is in better health than she was but is still very thin and feeble. Without much more care than the thing is worth, her stay in this...
375From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [10 December 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
I expected with certainty my beloved Betsey to have left this place to day. Our business has consumed more time than was necessary. But that is not my fault. I cannot make every body else as rapid as myself. This you know by experience. Tis a consolation however that we cannot be detained much longer. It is difficult for Sloth itself to spin it out beyond this day & I shall fly to you the...
376From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 9 August 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Poughkeepsie, New York, August 9, 1798. On August 9, 1798, Hamilton wrote to his wife : “I have just written you by the Post.” Letter not found. ]
377From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [5 June 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
I wrote to you, My beloved Eliza, by the Monday’s Post. You will be glad to hear that your dear boys & myself continue in good health & that they thus far behave well. I hope they will continue to do so—for in our mutual love & in them consist all our happiness. I trust you are by this time arrived & shall impatiently look out for a letter from you. Our public affairs continue to march in a...
378From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [11 November 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
I have not yet received a line from you since my departure. It is a consolation which my heart needs & which I hope not to be long without. As yet it is uncertain when I shall be able to return though I dare not now hope that it will be less than a fortnight from this time. The delay will be to me irksome. I discover more and more that I am spoiled for a military man. My health and comfort...
379From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [8 June 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
This is the third time I have written to my love since her departure. I continue to enjoy good health and my spirits are as good as they can be in her absence. But I find as I grow older her presence becomes more necessary to me. In proportion as I discover the worthlessness of other pursuits, the value of my Eliza and of domestic happiness rises in my estimation. Angelica & her family are all...
380From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [19] November 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
I am always very happy My Dear Eliza when I can steal a few moments to sit down and write to you. You are my good genius; of that kind which the ancient Philosophers called a familiar; and you know very well that I am glad to be in every way as familiar as possible with you. I have formed a sweet project, of which I will make you my confident when I come to New York, and in which I rely that...