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From Alexander Hamilton to William R. Boote, 16 March 1799

To William R. Boote1

New York, March 16, 1799. “In consequence of orders from the Secretary of War, I am to desire, that you proceed with the party under your command to New Town in Bucks County—for which purpose you will join and accompany a detachment which will leave this quarter on Monday the 18th. instant, taking the orders of the commanding Officer of this detachment.… Let no time be lost.”

LS, The Sol Feinstone Collection, Library of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia; ADf, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. For background to this letter, see James McHenry to H, March 13, 15, 1799.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to William R. Boote, 16 March 1799
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Boote, William R.
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    16 March 1799

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to William R. Boote, 16 March 1799,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-22-02-0336. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 22, July 1798 – March 1799, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1975, p. 548.]