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To Alexander Hamilton from Chevalier de Mauduit du Plessis, 11 January 1779

From Chevalier de Mauduit du Plessis1

January 11, 1779. Requests Hamilton to send papers containing “Les Signes en Chiffres.”

ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. This letter is in French.

1. Thomas Antoine, Chevalier de Mauduit du Plessis, was appointed a captain in the Continental Artillery, April 15, 1777; promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel, November 26, 1777; and resigned November 5, 1778. When he wrote this letter, he was about to sail for France.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Chevalier de Mauduit du Plessis, 11 January 1779
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    Mauduit du Plessis, Thomas-Antoine, Chevalier de
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    11 January 1779

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Chevalier de Mauduit du Plessis, 11 January 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0004. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 2.]