From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 8 May 1800
To James McHenry, 8 May 1800
NY. May 8th 1800
Sir,
Mr. Andrew Van Wort, for whom you have enclosed to me a letter of appointment as Second Lieutenant in the first regiment of Infantry, is dead.
S of War
(Df, in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).