1To Alexander Hamilton from John Hancock, Jr., 27 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letters of the 4th. & 6th. Inst. have both come to hand. The order to march the detachment under my command to Norfolk received in your letter of the 4th. Inst., shall be obeyed so soon as proper barracks can be procured for the reception of the Troops. The new recruiting instructions, inclosed in your letter of the 6th Inst., shall receive my most pointed attention. I must take the...