1From Alexander Hamilton to Caleb Gibbs, 24 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your very improper letter of the 30th. of September. This is not the first instance of my life in which good offices on my part have met with an ill return. When you were informed, that The Commander in Chief (who, aided by General Pinckney & myself, made in the first instance the nomination of Officers for the twelve Regiments) had presented your name for the place of Lt Col...