1131To Alexander Hamilton from Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, 20 July 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Totowa [ New Jersey ] July 20, 1780 . “The troops will move from this Ground at 3. OClock … should His Excellency have anything particular to mention or Recommend, I will wait on him if Necessary.” ALS , New Jersey Historical Society, Newark. On July 20, 1780, Washington sent Wayne orders to make an attempt against Bulls Ferry, which was on the Hudson, about four miles north of Hoboken, New...
1132Poems by Colonel Samuel Blachley Webb, [January 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
To Colonel Hamilton AD , Yale University Library. Webb, who was a colonel of one of the Sixteen Additional Continental Regiments at the time of his capture on Long Island, December, 1777, was on parole when this poem was written. On the last page of this manuscript, Webb wrote: “To Lt Col Hamilton, on his being attentive to C. Lott, Jany, 1780.” This is a reference to Cornelia Lott who was the...
1133To Alexander Hamilton from Captain Jacob Weiss, 9 June 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, June 9, 1778 . States that last October he delivered missing chest containing army papers to Easton, Pennsylvania. ALS , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Weiss was a captain in the Maréchaussée corps.
1134To Alexander Hamilton from Colonel Otho H. Williams, 30 August 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
About the 23d. Instant I wrote my Friend Harrison from Salisbury giving him a very hasty, particular account of the Defeat of Genl. Gates’s Army at Suttons near Campden the 16th Instant. We were truly unfortunate and compleatly routed. The infamous Cowardice of the Militia of Virginia and North Carolina gave the Enemy every advantage over our few Regular troops whose firm opposition and...
1135Permit for Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton to Pass British Lines, 5 April 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Until further Orders, advanced Posts and Patrols are not to prevent all persons, having Passports Signed by two of the following Officers, to pass unmolested, Viz.: Cols. O’Hara and Stephens, and Capt. Fitzpatrick, of the British; Col. Gregson, Lieut.-Col. Hamilton, and Mr. Boudinot (Commissary of Prisoners), belonging to the Enemy. Colls. of the N.Y. Hist. Soc. for 1883 (New York, 1884), 564....
1136Appointment as Delegate to the Continental Congress, 22 July 1782 (Hamilton Papers)
Poughkeepsie, New York, July 22, 1782. On this date the New York legislature passed the following resolution: “ Resolved , That the Honorable James Duane, William Floyd, John Morin Scott, Ezra L’Hommedieu and Alexander Hamilton, Esquires, be, and are hereby declared duly nominated and appointed Delegates, to represent this State in the United States in Congress assembled, for one Year, from...
1137Admission as Attorney before the New York Supreme Court, July 1782 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Albany ] July, 1782. In July, 1782, Hamilton was admitted to practice as an attorney before the Supreme Court of the State of New York. MS “Roll of Attornies of … Supreme Court of … New York, 1754–95,” Hall of Records, New York City.