From Alexander Hamilton to Daniel Jackson, 3 March 1800
To Daniel Jackson, 3 March 1800
(To be copied)
NY: March 3rd. 1800
Sir
I send you the enclosed Certificate—You will make enquiry into the affair, and should the representation appear to be true, you will discharge the soldier to whom it relates—
Majr Jackson
(Df, in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).