From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 17 April 1799
To James McHenry
New York, April 17, 1799. “Your letters of the 15th. and 16th. are duly come to hand.… Tomorrow I shall leave this place for Philadelphia. Several things will best be settled by personal conference which in future will be mutually convenient & will promote the service.”
Copy, in the handwriting of Ethan Brown, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.