1To Alexander Hamilton from Bushrod Washington, 21 November 1801 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter dated in September came lately to my hands after having made a circuitous rout through many distant post offices as appears from the endorsements on it. I sent to Richmond about four months ago all the trunks of papers which I received from Mount Vernon except two. I have had so little leisure for examining the contents of those trunks, that it would be impossible for me at the...
2To Alexander Hamilton from Bushrod Washington, 15 April 1802 (Hamilton Papers)
In writing the history of Genl Washington’s life, it is sometimes difficult to acquire a clear view of some of the operations of the Armies, without obtaining a more precise explanation of some circumstances than can be derived from the papers in my possession, without a very laborous examination of them, and even then, there are some points which would require farther illustration—such for...