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From Alexander Hamilton to Major Ichabod Burnet, [28 January 1780]

To Major Ichabod Burnet1

[Morristown, New Jersey, January 28, 1780]

Dr Sir,

The General considers the applicat⟨ion⟩ as unusual and does not think proper to authorise a compliance with it.

Yrs.

Alex. Hamilton   A D C

Hd. Qrs. Jany. 28. 80

ALS, Library of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia.

1. Burnet was an aide to Major General Nathanael Greene. There is no record of the request by Burnet that is mentioned in this letter.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Major Ichabod Burnet, [28 January 1780]
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    Burnet, Ichabod
    Date
    28 January 1780

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Major Ichabod Burnet, [28 January 1780],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0584. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 260.]