31From Alexander Hamilton to Daniel Jackson, 5 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I send you enclosed the letter of appointment for Dr. Hunnewell—The letter enclosing it to me has this paragraph “A regular appointment for Oliver Hubbard as Surgeon’s mate to the Second Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers cannot be made at this juncture.” With con— ( Df , in the handwriting of Ethan Brown, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
32From Alexander Hamilton to Daniel Jackson, 1 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the eighteenth of February. The subject of double rations has been matter of communication with the Department of war on the ground of general principles— Having done This I cannot being the case so I cannot with propriety interpose in a particular case in derogation from any general rule which may have been established by the Secretary of War relative to the...