1To Alexander Hamilton from Timothy Taylor, 2 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I was yesterday Honored with your favour of the 27 of Sepr. and ask pardon for the omission of Mr. Chews name in my letter of the 22nd—In May last Mr Brown was recommended for the appointment of Capt. in place of Mr. Chew declined; since which I have been informed that Genl. Jedidiah Huntington had wrote in favour of some other Gentleman, and recived for answer from the Secretary of War that...
2To Alexander Hamilton from Timothy Taylor, 23 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the Honor to inform you that the Regiment sailed this evening for thier winter Quarters, under the Command of Major Ripley, I have the Honor to be with the Greatest Respect your Obedt Servant— NB It is expected they will land at Statten Island or Elisabeth Town Point— ( ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress). A note on the cover reads: "Filed. Note Deserters proper bundle ."
3To Alexander Hamilton from Timothy Taylor, 27 May 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the Honor to inform you that the recruiting service in the circle under my Command has begun and as far as I can learn with tolerable success—from reflection & the best information I can obtain by visiting the sub district quarters, I am led to believe it would fecilitate the recruiting of the Regt. by delivering the cloathing to the recruits at the sub districts; that the Officers...
4To Alexander Hamilton from Timothy Taylor, 2 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have been Honored with your favour of the 16th Decr. respecting the resignation of Major Huntington, and have directed Capt Meigs who is on the recruiting service to Join the Regiment by the 15 Inst.; if it should meet your approbation I wish he may be promoted to the rank of Major— Permit me my General to condole with you upon the melancholy event of the Death of our beloved and venerable...
5To Alexander Hamilton from Timothy Taylor, 12 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Danbury [ Connecticut ] June 12, 1799 . “From the progressive state of the recruiting service in the Circle under my Command, I have the Honor to inform you that a further supply of bounty Money will be wanted as soon as it can conveniently be sent forward. Thier has been but a small supply of Cloathing furnished for the recruits, and a number are now enlisted and drawn to thier rendizvous,...
6To Alexander Hamilton from Timothy Taylor, 12 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the Honor to acknowledge the recipt of your favour of the 5th. Inst. with the Rank of Officers inclosed, and have no perticular reasons to assign why it should not be established; at the same time I beg leave to observe that if you should Judge proper to place Lt. Waugh before Moseley, I believe it would give a great sattisfaction to the Regiment and answer as good a purpose to the...
7To Alexander Hamilton from Timothy Taylor, 24 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
From the solicita tion —— Cadwell a Man of some resp —— the County of Hartford, I am ——— to your Honor that he has — enlisted into the 13th. Regiment one by the name of Matthew & the other Justus Cadwell, the first has served in the Western Army and has become a desolute charector, he is now a deserter from the Regt., the other appears to be a likely young man, is a Corporal in Capt. Miegs...
8To Alexander Hamilton from Timothy Taylor, 6 September 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the Honor to inclose a list and description of those recruits that have deserted, been discharged, and Mustured out of the 13th Regiment—I am sensable that an earlier report of some of them ought to have been made, but the detached situation of the Regt., the miscarriage of letters, or the omition of the Officers in writing to me upon the subject, in expectation of apprehending those...
9To Alexander Hamilton from Timothy Taylor, 9 July 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the Honor to acknowledge the recipt of your favour of the 21st & 24th June inclosing letters from the Secretary of War to Lieut. Truman Moseley Pay Master the first I have delivered to him, and the other has been forwarded by a carefull hand— I am sensible the returns sent from New haven was not so regular as they ought to have been, but supposed they might serve to show the present...
10To Alexander Hamilton from Timothy Taylor, 4 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the Honor to acknowledge the recipt of your confidential letter of the 19th Sept.; and in answer would beg leave to observe, that from the short and imperfect acquaintance I have had with the Officers of the Regiment I am induced to believe that Capt. Meigs, or Lieut. Waters Clark, would either of them do well in the department of Inspectorship, Capt. Meigs was Adjutant to Colo. Webb’s...