21To Alexander Hamilton from John F. Hamtramck, 25 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
agreeably to the Orders of General Wilkinson you have enclosed a Copy of my last letter to him I have the honor to be Sir with Very great Respect your Most Obedient and Very humble Servent ( ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress), enclosing Hamtramck to James Wilkinson, December 25, 1799 (copy, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
22To Alexander Hamilton from John F. Hamtramck, 20 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
agreeably to the Direction of Brigadier General Wilkinson I have Enclosed a Copy of a letter from me to him I have the honor to be Sir with Very great Respect your Most Obedient and Very humble Servent ( ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress), enclosing Hamtramck to James Wilkinson, December 20, 1799 (copy, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
23To Alexander Hamilton from John F. Hamtramck, 19 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of the 4th Inst. Respecting my observations on the ignorance of Some Officers in the Old Regiments, I meant it Only as a Retrospective View of the many Bad appointments which have been made for some years past, the most of whom we have got Clear of. I have my Self last Indian war, made a Number quit the Service, and last Spring I Compelled a new...
24To Alexander Hamilton from John F. Hamtramck, 19 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Pittsburgh, December 19, 1799. “… I never had any Reports from Loftus’s Heights; it appears to me that the Troops on the Mississippi have considered themselves independent of my Command in the absence of General Wilkinson, for the other day a Gentleman in the Contractors imploy arrived from Loftus’s Heights, and who called on the Commanding Officer of that place, for any Commands he might have...
25To Alexander Hamilton from John F. Hamtramck, 1 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Enclosed is a Copy of my last Letter to Brigadier General Wilkinson, and of the Brigade Return— I have the honor to be with very great Respect, your Most Obedt. and very Humble Servt. ( ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress), enclosing Hamtramck to James Wilkinson, December 1, 1799 ( ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
26To Alexander Hamilton from John F. Hamtramck, 29 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of the 11th Inst. and shall pay particular attention to its contents. The packet Boat at Detroit is a small Vessell which (I have been informed) was directed to be built by General Wilkinson as also a nother Vessell which is to be a Brigg. the Packet is begun, the Brig which is a very handsome one, was, when I was at Detroit nearly finished. there is...
27To Alexander Hamilton from John F. Hamtramck, 8 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I expect that by this time Capt. Lyman’s Company has left Presqu’ Isle for Niagara. I have agreeably to the Division Orders of the 16th of October directing me to organize his Company with the Detachment of Infantry at Niagara given Orders to have it Mustered as Capt Michaels Company in the first Regt. the Capt. is one of the new appointments and is now at Michalema ck inac where he will have...
28To Alexander Hamilton from John F. Hamtramck, 1 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of the 17th Ulto. enclosing a Letter of General Wilkinson in which he directs me to continue at Pittsburgh during the Winter—On the presumption that the Genl. has left the States and thereby impossible for me to hear from him before the navigation of the Ohio closes up—I have taken the liberty to inclose you a Copy of my Letter to him...
29To Alexander Hamilton from John F. Hamtramck, 18 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The General Orders of the 29th of May mention that all Orders & Muster Rolls are to be sent to the Adjt. General at New York—If that part of the Order is intended to operate with the Western Army, are the Rolls to be sent from each Garrison or Regiment previous to their being presented for Payment? or are they to be sent by the Pay Master Generals Depty in this Country after the Payment has...
30To Alexander Hamilton from John F. Hamtramck, 11 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to acknowledge your Letter of the 27 of September with a Copy of the Laws and regulations respecting the Army— When I came to this place, I found the Guard House crowded with Deserters, and it was but yesterday that I had it in my power to assemble a General Court Martial—the sentence of five of them has come within the limits of my authority, but that of Cornelius McMahan is...