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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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| 81 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 1 May 1800 | 1800-05-01 | Enclosed is an extract of a letter I have just received from Colonel Smith. I entirely concur in... |
| 82 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 5 August 1799 | 1799-08-05 | I hasten to reply to your letter of the 3d. instant. To Major Toussard I have hertofore written... |
| 83 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 23 March 1799 | 1799-03-23 | Your letter of the 21st instant came to hand by the post of to day. There are some points in it... |
| 84 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 2 September … | 1799-09-02 | The enclosed papers herewith sent shew the result of the inquiry into the charge against Capt... |
| 85 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 15 May 1799 | 1799-05-15 | This will be handed to you by Cornet Alexander Macombe, of the Cavalry of the U states, who when... |
| 86 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 13 March 1800 | 1800-03-13 | The Artillery stations on the seaboard within my command are divided into two districts, each of... |
| 87 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 9 May 1800 | 1800-05-09 | Enclosed is a letter from Col. Smith relative to Joseph Cross a Private in the eleventh regiment—... |
| 88 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 22 May 1800 | 1800-05-22 | Your two letters of the 20th instant have come to hand. The disbandment of the six additional... |
| 89 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 29 October … | 1799-10-29 | General Wilkinson has furnished me with the inclosed estimates of the cost of the Water Battery... |
| 90 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 28 November … | 1799-11-28 | Col. Taylor informs me that he has recommended Doctor John Orton as Surgeon’s Mate in his... |
| 91 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 19 September … | 1799-09-19 | I have communicated to Col Bentley your resolution as expressed in your letter of the 30th of... |
| 92 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 26 April 1799 | 1799-04-26 | I have reflected, as you have desired, on the most proper principles for regulating the relative... |
| 93 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 24 May 1799 | 1799-05-24 | A press of business has — diverted my attention from measures to for convey — Capt Freyes company... |
| 94 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 28 October … | 1799-10-28 | Colonel Parker, in his letter of the twenty fifth of September, mentions to me that he has never... |
| 95 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 26 March 1800 | 1800-03-26 | After reading the enclosed confidential letter you will please return it. I remember what the... |
| 96 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 18 June 1799 | 1799-06-18 | You will be pleased to receive herewith a statement of the articles of supply requisite for a... |
| 97 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 3 March 1800 | 1800-03-03 | I am told, though I really have not seen the law, that one has passed suspending the Recruiting... |
| 98 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 27 March 1800 | 1800-03-27 | I have the honor to transmit to you, enclosed, the proceedings of the General Court martial held... |
| 99 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 5 May 1800 | 1800-05-05 | Col. Rice mentions to me, in a letter of the twenty first of April, that he had that day informed... |
| 100 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 29 July 1799 | 1799-07-29 | I have the honor to acknowlege the receipt of your letter of the 25 instant inclosing a warrant... |
| 101 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 30 July 1799 | 1799-07-30 | On a subject, not very familiar to my experience I thot it well to consult others (one at a... |
| 102 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 2 January … | 1800-01-02 | I have heretofore recommended that the servants of Officers who are not soldiers should be... |
| 103 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 12 July 1799 | 1799-07-12 | The contracts which have been made for the supply of the troops on the sea board have... |
| 104 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 19 July 1799 | 1799-07-19 | I have given directions, with the precaution you contemplate, respecting the subject of your... |
| 105 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 11 November … | 1799-11-11 | Col. Rice proposes Mess Joseph Stickney and Edward Le Britton Wilson as Cadets in his Regiment,... |
| 106 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 23 May 1800 | 1800-05-23 | I have directed the Pay Master General to deliver to his Deputy with General Pinckney, bounty... |
| 107 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | Enclosure: Candidates for Army Appointments from New … | 1798-08-21 | Subalterns 1 Nathaniel Paulding West Chester would prefer Artillery Mr . Hale refers to me speaks... |
| 108 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 10 September … | 1799-09-10 | I have the honor to inclose two letters one for the commanding Officer at Fort Mifflin the other... |
| 109 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 15 January … | 1800-01-15 | There are many officers in Town who have entirely worn out their Uniforms, and are anxious to... |
| 110 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 25 September … | 1799-09-25 | I have the honor to send you a summary of the recruits for the Additional regiments as they... |
| 111 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 21 September … | 1799-09-21 | I feel it as a mark of consideration for my recommendation, that notwithstanding the force of the... |
| 112 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 14 March 1799 | 1799-03-14 | It is a construction of the law warranted by usage that the President shall appoint the requisite... |
| 113 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 9 May 1800 | 1800-05-09 | New York, May 9, 1800. “Enclosed are … instructions relative to certain objects of incidental... |
| 114 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | Enclosure: Uniform of the Army of the United States … | ≈1799-12-01 | Uniform for the Army of the United States For The Commander In Chief A blue Coat, without... |
| 115 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 15 May 1800 | 1800-05-15 | If, My Dear McHenry, your retreat is from any circumstances painful to yourself I regret it with... |
| 116 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 1 October … | 1799-10-01 | I transmit you an extract from Major Hoop’s letter of the thirtieth of August. “I am informed by... |
| 117 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 25[–27] May … | ≈1799-05-25 | New York, May 25 [ –27 ] 1799 . “I recur to two of your letters of the 9th. & 10th. instant. The... |
| 118 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 31 July 1799 | 1799-07-31 | You will see my Dear friend in the case of Capt. Frey the evil tendency of correspondence by the... |
| 119 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 7 January … | 1799-01-07 | The unascertained situation, in which I have been, since my acceptance of the Military... |
| 120 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 2 January … | 1800-01-02 | It has been enquired of me whether Cadets are entitled to Clothing. As they are non Commissioned... |
| 121 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 7 July 1799 | 1799-07-07 | I find that there are the following officers on furlough of the first and second Regiments—of the... |
| 122 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 25 November … | 1799-11-25 | I enclose to you a letter from Major Huntingdon of the thirteenth regiment in which he offers a... |
| 123 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, December 1799 | ≈1799-12-01 | A complete revision of the Articles of War is desireable, as they require amendment in many... |
| 124 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | Enclosure: Candidates for Army Appointments from … | 1798-08-21 | Subalterns 5 Marmaduke Wait Windsor ☞ 25 year Payne Young Gentleman heretofore recomd by Morris &... |
| 125 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 12 July 1799 | 1799-07-12 | I have the honor to submit to you the inclosed copy of a letter from Col: Ogden of the 12th.... |
| 126 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 19 August … | 1799-08-19 | I have to apologise for not having repleid sooner to your letter transmitting one to you from the... |
| 127 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 25 September … | 1799-09-25 | Upon looking over the letters which I have received of from Col. Bentley I find in one of them... |
| 128 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 31 May 1799 | 1799-05-31 | Col J C Hall informs me that he has recommended for appointment to Lieutenancies — his Regiment... |
| 129 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 22 July 1798 | 1798-07-22 | Your letter of the 20th. instant, inclosing one from General Washington came to hand this day.... |
| 130 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 19 January … | 1800-01-19 | The inclosed letter speaks for itself. I think upon the whole unless there are objections of... |