Alexander Hamilton Papers
Documents filtered by: Volume="Hamilton-01-26"
sorted by: editorial placement
Permanent link for this document:
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0001-0018

To Alexander Hamilton from Gilbert McClaghry, 15 July 1802

From Gilbert McClaghry

July 15, 1802. States that he is destitute and asks Hamilton to help him collect the commutation and ration money of his brother, John McClaghry,1 who died while serving in the Continental Army.

ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. John McClaghry (McLaughry) became an ensign in the Fifth New York Regiment on November 21, 1776. He was taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery on October 6, 1777, released in 1778, and became a lieutenant on March 30, 1780. He was transferred to the Second New York Regiment on January 1, 1781, and died on October 27, 1781.

Index Entries

    You Are Looking At

    Source Project
    Hamilton Papers
    Title
    To Alexander Hamilton from Gilbert McClaghry, 15 July 1802
    Author
    McClaghry, Gilbert
    Recipient
    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    15 July 1802

    Reference

    Cite as
    “To Alexander Hamilton from Gilbert McClaghry, 15 July 1802,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0001-0018. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 26, 1 May 1802 – 23 October 1804, Additional Documents 1774–1799, Addenda and Errata, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1979, p. 23.]