To Alexander Hamilton from William Irvine, 13 November 1800
From William Irvine1
Carlisle [Pennsylvania] November 13, 1800. Notifies Hamilton that his son Callender Irvine2 is fit to report for military duty and will visit Hamilton to thank him for “indulging him with a long leave of absence for the recovery of health.”3
ALS, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
1. Irvine, an immigrant from Ireland and a veteran of the American Revolution, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1793 to 1795. On March 13, 1800, he was appointed superintendent of military stores at Philadelphia ( , I, 564).
2. Callender Irvine was a captain in the Second Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers from 1798 to May, 1801 ( , I, 564).
3. See William Irvine to H, February 20, 1800; H to Callender Irvine, February 27, 1800; Callender Irvine to H, March 30, May 1, 1800 (listed in the appendix to Volume XXIV).