From Alexander Hamilton to William S. Smith, 18 May 1800
To William S. Smith
New York, May 18th. 1800.
Sir
Mr. Brown, one of my Secretaries is the bearer of this letter—he goes before me to take possession of my quarters. You will have a Subaltern’s guard at those quarters on Wednesday next.1
With great consideration
Col. Smith
Df, in the handwriting of Ethan Brown, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
1. For H’s visit to the troops at Scotch Plains, New Jersey, see H to Aaron Ogden, May 8, 1800, note 1.