1From George Washington to Caleb Gibbs, 6 March 1797 (Washington Papers)
I will turn over your letter of the 13th instant to the President of the United States. You may be assured that I have not been wanting in disposition to serve you in anything that was consistent with my duty as a public Officer; but permit me to add that you seem to have lost sight of three things. 1st that there are a number of very deserving men to be provided for, whose situation during...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Caleb Gibbs, 24 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your very improper letter of the 30th. of September. This is not the first instance of my life in which good offices on my part have met with an ill return. When you were informed, that The Commander in Chief (who, aided by General Pinckney & myself, made in the first instance the nomination of Officers for the twelve Regiments) had presented your name for the place of Lt Col...