1To Alexander Hamilton from Jean Marie de Bordes, 15 November 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, November 15, 1795. “… On the end of 1776 being recommended to you by General Washington, I was received and Served as a volunteer in your company of Artillery.… Few days after, from your company I was promoted to the duty of an aid-de-camp and temporaly acted as a Brigade-major… to the end of this memorable Campain. Called afterwards by peculiar reasons to the South of America, I...
2To George Washington from Jean Marie de Bordes, 13 November 1795 (Washington Papers)
You may not have forgotten, perhaps, a French Officer, who had the Advantage of following you in the memorable Campaign of 1776 and 1777, the Epoch of American Liberty, the Triumph of your Arms, and the Glory of your Talents. This Officer was at first a Volunteer in the Company of Artillery of Capt. Hamilton, afterwards Aide-de-Camp and Major of Brigade to General Roche-fermoy, and continued...