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From Alexander Hamilton to Major General Nathanael Greene, [17 August 1779]

To Major General Nathanael Greene

[West Point, August 17, 1779]

Sir,

Lt. Whitehead undertakes1 to go tomorrow morning early with some important dispatches for The General to Philadelphia. You will be pleased to have him furnished with a good horse saddle & Bridle for this purpose.

A Hamilton   Aide De Camp

Hd. Qrs.   Aug 17th. 79

To The Quarter Master General

ALS, Library of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia.

1. Lieutenant James Whitehead, Second Pennsylvania Regiment.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Major General Nathanael Greene, [17 August 1779]
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Greene, Nathanael
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    17 August 1779

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Major General Nathanael Greene, [17 August 1779],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0395. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, pp. 131–132.]

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