691Receipt to Captain Caleb Gibbs, [2 September 1777] (Hamilton Papers)
paid at Mr James in Cecil Aug 26th for Lodging &c &c £6 Amt. the within 6.6.6 £12.6.6 Wilmington Sept. 2. 1777 Received the above of Capt Gibbs ADS , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Gibbs was an aide-de-camp to George Washington and captain and commander of Washington’s Guards. Having embarked from New York on July 23, 1777, with fifteen thousand troops, Sir William Howe...
692From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [12 November 1777] (Hamilton Papers)
[ New Windsor, New York, November 12, 1777. Letter not found. ] “List of Letters from General Hamilton to General Washington,” Columbia University Libraries. Two letters from H to Washington on November 12, 1777, are listed. One of these letters is printed in PAH Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). , I, 360–62.
693From Alexander Hamilton to Charles Pettit, [23 May 1778–1781] (Hamilton Papers)
Col: Hamiltons Compliments to Mr Petit will be obliged to him, if he can give him any hope of soon having the saddle, he was so kind to undertake to procure for him. At present he is a sad dismounted knight. AL , Yale University Library. Pettit, a resident of New Jersey, was assistant quartermaster general in the Continental Army from March 2, 1778, to June 20, 1781.
694From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [23 June 1778] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Hopewell, New Jersey, June 23, 1778. Letter not found. ] “List of Letters from General Hamilton to General Washington,” Columbia University Libraries.
695From Alexander Hamilton to Elias Boudinot, [5 July 1778] (Hamilton Papers)
[ New Brunswick, New Jersey, July 5, 1778. The description in the dealer’s catalogue reads: “… introducing the Marquis de Vienne, whom Hamilton had met through Lafayette. ‘Though a young man, he has been a long time in service.… I am not well acquainted with his pretensions in our service, but as I dare say they will be reasonable, I shall request you will give him your interest.’” Letter not...
696From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Charles Stewart, [18 November 1778] (Hamilton Papers)
His Excellency desires to know the number of rations issued daily to the Park of Artillery including officers and all others. I am Sir Yr Obed ser ALS , sold by Kenneth W. Rendell, Kingston Galleries, Inc., Somerville, Massachusetts, 1965, facsimile on cover of Catalogue 18, Item 77; ALS , dated November 10, 1776, sold by Patrick Madigan, New York City, 1914, New Series 2, Item C9175. Stewart,...
697From Alexander Hamilton to Brigadier General Henry Knox, [26 March 1779] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Headquarters, Middlebrook, New Jersey, March 26, 1779. “This will be delivered to you by Mr. Garranger, who comes to pass through a probation with you. He is to give you such proofs of his knowledge in the theory and practice of artillery as you shall deem satisfactory. He will, on your certificate of the same, be recommended to Congress for an appointment as Preceptor to the artillery, or...
698From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Israel Shreve, 26 May 1779 (Hamilton Papers)
I am commanded by His Excellency to inform you that you are to march on Saturday with your regiment for this camp where you will receive further orders. I am Sir Yr. Obed serv ALS , University of Houston Libraries. Shreve was a colonel in command of New Jersey’s Second Regiment, which was stationed at Elizabethtown, New Jersey. The “further orders” directed Shreve to proceed to Easton,...
699From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Wadsworth, [27–29 June 1779] (Hamilton Papers)
There is some rum just brought to New Windsor the property of speculators, which his Excellency desires you would come down and press for the public use. I am Sir your huml Servt Please to call first at Head Quarters. LS , Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford. Wadsworth was commissary general of purchases and a business partner of John B. Church, who was the husband of Angelica Schuyler,...
700From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Joseph Ward, [8 July 1779] (Hamilton Papers)
This will be accompanied by a general order respecting your department which you will be pleased to have executed without delay. The positions are to comprehend all such as are enlisted upon the alternative of three years or during the war who are to be constructed as engaged during the war. I am with great regard, Your most obed. ser ALS , sold by Walter M. Hill, Chicago, November, 1909,...