From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Wadsworth, [27–29 June 1779]

To Jeremiah Wadsworth1

[New Windsor, New York, June 27–29, 1779]

Sir

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

Alex Hamilton
Aide De Camp

Col Wadsworth

Please to call first at Head Quarters.2

LS, Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.

1. Wadsworth was commissary general of purchases and a business partner of John B. Church, who was the husband of Angelica Schuyler, the sister of H’s future wife. Wadsworth resigned from the Continental Army in January, 1780.

2. This sentence is in H’s handwriting.

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Source Project: Hamilton Papers
Title: From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Wadsworth, [27–29 June 1779]
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Wadsworth, Jeremiah
Date: 27–29 June 1779

Reference

Cite as: “From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Wadsworth, [27–29 June 1779],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0002-0017. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 26, 1 May 1802 – 23 October 1804, Additional Documents 1774–1799, Addenda and Errata, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1979, p. 369.]

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