From Alexander Hamilton to Brigadier General Henry Knox, [25 July 1779]

To Brigadier General Henry Knox

[West Point, July 25, 1779]

D Sir

The General is anxious to receive you observations on the letter sent you yesterday from General Gates1 so soon as possible, that he may dispatch an express waiting for an answer.

Yr. Most Obed ser

Alex Hamilton Aide De Camp

July 25th. 79

General Knox

ALS, MS Division, New York Public Library.

1. Major General Horatio Gates’s letter to Washington (dated July 18, 1779), which deals with questions concerning the management of the arsenal at Springfield, is located in George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

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Title: From Alexander Hamilton to Brigadier General Henry Knox, [25 July 1779]
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Knox, Henry
Date: 25 July 1779

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Cite as: “From Alexander Hamilton to Brigadier General Henry Knox, [25 July 1779],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0342. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 112.]

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