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From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 21 June 1799

To James McHenry

[New York] June 21. 1799

I thank you My Dear Sir for the military figures you have sent me.1 Tactics you know are literally or figuratively of very comprehensive signification. As people grow old they decline in some arts though they may improve in others. I will try to get Mrs. Hamilton to accompany in games of Tactics new to her. Perhaps she may get a taste for them & become better reconciled to my connection with the Trade-Militant.

I will endeavour to get the Book you mention.

Adieu Yr

A H

In answer to a private letter long since received from you2 I ought to tell you that I am in the habit of writing to General Washington.

Secy of War

ALS, Mr. Cyril Clemens, Kirkwood, Missouri; ALS (photostat), James McHenry Papers, Library of Congress.

1. See McHenry to H, June 20, 1799.

2. McHenry to H, April 29, 1799.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 21 June 1799
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    “From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 21 June 1799,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-23-02-0212. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 23, April 1799 – October 1799, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976, p. 207.]

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