151From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 3 April 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, April 3, 1799. “… More recruiting Instructions are necessary, there cannot be less than...
152From Alexander Hamilton to Nathan Rice, 14 September 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter of the Sixth of this month has been delivered to me. I have no objection to the...
153From Alexander Hamilton to John F. Hamtramck, 5 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received a letter from Col Strong dated at Detroit the 7th. of May last. You will judge...
154From Alexander Hamilton to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 13 August 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, August 13, 1799. “Your several favours of the 10th. of June 12. and 29 of July have...
155From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 22 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, June 22, 1799. Encloses a letter from William S. Smith and suggests that it be...
156From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 19 April 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, April 19, 1799. On April 20, 1799, Hamilton wrote to Elizabeth Hamilton : “I...
157Circular to the Commandants of Regiments, 27 August 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
In military service, it is essential that each individual should move within his proper...
158From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 15 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I wrote to you a few days since chiefly to inform you of the progress of the measures respecting...
159From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 21 May 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, May 21, 1799. “… It is … necessary that ⟨t⟩he officers generally should be possessed of...
160From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 2 May 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Very much attached to the idea of leaving the commanding officer of a distinct & distant army to...
161From Alexander Hamilton to Ebenezer Stevens, 26 September 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I request that you will make inquiry for a small house, with five convenient rooms, as Quarters...
162From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 3 May 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
After mature reflection on the subject of your letter of the 26th. of last month; I am clearly of...
163From Alexander Hamilton to Caleb Swan, 3 April 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
By Special direction of the Commander in Chief and in conformity with the views of the Secretary...
164From Alexander Hamilton to Timothy Pickering, 4 April 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I observe by the Boston papers, that some dispatches have been lately found on board a vessel...
165From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 13 August 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Every day must prove more and more to every body that it is impossible to serve two masters. I...
166From Alexander Hamilton to Nathan Rice, [25 October 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the fourteenth instant, and am apprehensive that the quantity of...
167From Alexander Hamilton to Staats Morris, George Ingersoll, and Ebenezer Massey, 5 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
All the Garrison Posts within the Vicinity of the Sea Board in the States of Maryland Delaware...
168From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 22 July 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to send you an abstract of the returns of the Troops under my command so far as...
169From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, [14] October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
In consequence of the necessity of careful inquiry for a fit character previous to an...
170From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 16 September 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
In recurring to your letter of the 29th of August, I observe there are some points which for a...
171From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 16 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, June 16, 1799. States: “… the recruiting service … is … now in a course of execution in...
172From Alexander Hamilton to David Strong, 22 May 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of War has sent me your letter of the 22d. of March with the copy of a speech...
173From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 27 September 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I regret that I did not find in your letter of the 23 instant some assurances, as to the future,...
174From Alexander Hamilton to Nathan Rice, 3 May 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter with the ones therein mentioned have come to hand. Inclosed is the Act for better...
175From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 9 July 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, July 9, 1799. On July 15, 1799, Schuyler wrote to Hamilton and referred to “Your...
176From Alexander Hamilton to Ezra L’Hommedieu, 4 April 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
As the holder, I am to inform you that Mr. David Gelston has refused payment of his promissory...
177From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 8 April 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, April 8, 1799. “… It has been suggested … that an advance of money to the officers on...
178From Alexander Hamilton to Ebenezer Stevens, 25 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
If the Owner of the ground adjoining you will take Eight hundred pounds (£ 800) for sixteen acres...
179From Alexander Hamilton to William S. Smith, 5 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, June 5, 1799. On June 12, 1799, Smith wrote to Hamilton and acknowledged “the receipt...
180From Alexander Hamilton to David Strong, 22 July 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, July 22, 1799. On September 7, 1799, Strong wrote to Hamilton : “I received your...