120511From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 5 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letters of the twenty seventh of February, and of the third of March. You mention that it will, probably, be thought expedient to suspend the filling of vacancies which may have been occasioned by staff appointments, or other causes. If, indeed, the disbandment of the additional regiments be an event which is expected very shortly to take place, the thing will be perfectly...
120512From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 5 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Captain Izzard has determined to accept the appointment of Secretary to Mr. Smith our minister Plenipotentiary at the court of Lisbon, but, is desirous of retaining the commission which he holds in the army of the United States. I would submit to you the propriety of gratifying his wishes in this particular. When an officer is absent on public service, and the situation of affairs at home is...
120513From Alexander Hamilton to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 5 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, March 5, 1800. States that Thomas Parker has recommended the Reverend William Hill for chaplain. Quotes from James McHenry’s letter of March 3, 1800. Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Thomas Parker to H, October 29, December 19, 1799 (both listed in the appendix to this volume). For Hill, see H to James McHenry, January 2, 1800, note 3 ....
120514From Alexander Hamilton to Nathan Rice, 5 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have just received your letter of the 25th of February. The employment of the men in cutting and hauling their own wood was certainly proper in itself, as well as consistent with the usage of service. Their conduct therefore was very atrocious and demanded decisive measures. The direction which I some time ago gave you to refer to me for the appointment of a General Court Martial proceeded...
120515To Alexander Hamilton from William S. Smith, 5 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the Honor to acknowledge the receipt of two letters of the 21st. and two of the 25th. ulto. I have taken measures to obtain correct information, of the disturbances which took place at Elizabeth Town, between Capt. Courtlandt & Lt. Livingston, with some people at a public House. The account in the news paper is grossly exagerated as appears to me, from the statements I have already...
120516From Alexander Hamilton to James Wilkinson, 5 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Col Hamtramck has transmitted me copies of letters from him to you of the 24 & 26th of November 1, 20 and 25 of December. A definitive organization of the four Regiments of the old establishment has been made by the Department of War of which the inclosed is a copy & must govern. This exhibits the state in which the Officers of those Regiments stand in the records of that Department. Few...
120517From Alexander Hamilton to Daniel Jackson, 5 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I send you enclosed the letter of appointment for Dr. Hunnewell—The letter enclosing it to me has this paragraph “A regular appointment for Oliver Hubbard as Surgeon’s mate to the Second Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers cannot be made at this juncture.” With con— ( Df , in the handwriting of Ethan Brown, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
120518From Alexander Hamilton to Henry Glen, 5 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the first instant, and shall be happy in an opportunity to to promote your wishes with respect to your son, should any vacancy — in the staff present itself to which your son he can be appointed consistent with the rules of service, you may rest assured I shall not be unmindful of him should whenever an opportunity shall occur of doing it consistently with the...
120519From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 5 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Inclosed to you The enclosed certificate has just been handed to me by the widow of a soldier lately deceased. It was sent to the The Regimental Pay Master General, who returned it with this answer, that the widow must —— administer before she can be entitled to receive the money declines acting upon it untill there is a regular administration This is certainly true but a no doubt correct in...
120520From Alexander Hamilton to William C. Bentley, 5 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
The S of War informs me that he has instructed the Purveyor to admit the charge of Eagles presented by you ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
120521From Alexander Hamilton to William S. Smith, 5 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
The S of War has just informed me that the President accepts Dr. Finleys resignation—You will inform Dr. Finley accordingly— ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
120522To Alexander Hamilton from James Miller, 5 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I only recd your favor of the 1st. inst this day—Agreeably therto I have the honor to inform you that I think the mode of conveyance by Water from Fort Moultrie to New york can be attended with but little or no danger & I shall to morrow write to Mr. Crafts Esqr. Chas. Town South Carolina to procure the necesary transpo r tation of Captn Huger & his Men as soon as he receives instructions from...
120523To Alexander Hamilton from John F. Hamtramck, 5 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to enclose you a Copy of my last Communications to General Wilkinson I have the honor to be Sir with Very great Respect your Most Obedient and Very humble Servent ( ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress), enclosing Hamtramck to James Wilkinson, March 3, 1800 (copy, signed by Hamtramck, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
120524Notes on Senate Debates, [after 5 March 1800] (Jefferson Papers)
1800. March. heretical doctrines maintained in Senate. on the motion against the Aurora. that there is in every legal body of men a right of self preservation authorising them to do whatever is necessary for that purpose. by Tracy, Read, & Laurence. that the common law authorises the proceeding proposed agt. the Aurora, & is in force here. by Read. that the privileges of Congress are and ought...
120525Abigail Adams to Cotton Tufts, 6 March 1800 (Adams Papers)
I wrote to you intending to Send the Letter by mr Dexter, but found he was gone. I therefore committed it to the post under cover to mr smith as the Letter had 200 dollors in it. be so good as to inform me by mrs Cranch when it reaches you I received Yesterday yours of Feb’ ry 25 th. I think the sooner the Building is begun the better and as Many hands employd as can be usefull in forwarding...
120526To Alexander Hamilton from Daniel Jackson, 6 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received yours of the 19th. and 25th. February. I enclose you a letter received from Capt. Stoddard and Capt. Henry, which they wish me to communicate, and a copy of my orders on the Agent to the Contractor at this place, which he informs me shall be complied with, and the article of Vinegar be delivered, till he hears from the Contractors: however if the General orders of last year is...
120527From Alexander Hamilton to Aaron Ogden, 6 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
The following is an extract of a letter which I have just received from the Secretary of War. “The circumstances stated relative to Captain Bowman’s pretensions to rank first Captain in the 11th regiment of Infantry readily induce me to give my sanction to his being so placed in the arrangement.” You will alter the arrangement accordingly. With great consideration I am, Sir, yr. obt Srt. ( LS...
120528From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 6 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I enclose some letters in recommendation of Mr. Van Renselaer as a Lieutenant in the corps of Artillerists & Engineers—You will perceive that the letters come from persons of respectability—By what I have learnt in other modes the young Gentleman is perfectly probably worthy of the post which he sollicits. ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
120529From Alexander Hamilton to Theodore Meminger, 6 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have recd. your Letter of Decr. 11th. ’99—and have directed a Court Martial to be convened for the Trial of the prisoners at Fort Mifflin. Your observations with regard to Robert Brown have been communicated to the Secy. of War, that being the only way in which I could interfere, his Sentence having been made known to the President. With c— ( Df , in the handwriting of Ethan Brown, Hamilton...
120530Petition of Amelia Gary, 6 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
That your memorialist is the unhappy wife of Moris Gary taken up, as she understands, on suspicion of desertion from the army of the United States, That she has been married to him upwards of Seven years and has by him three small Children, whose helpless situation is such as to put it out of her power to earn the common necessaries of life for them & herself. That she is totally ignorant...
120531To Alexander Hamilton from John J. U. Rivardi, 6 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I am honored this instant with your letter of January the 19th. & am exceedingly happy that the measures I took concerning the clothing detained at Oswego met with your approbation—Nothing but the great want of the Soldiers in that respect could have induced me to recur to that expedient, which I much fear will prove abortive after all, having reasons to Suspect that the person with whom I...
120532From Thomas Jefferson to Auguste Belin, 6 March 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege the receipt of the several copies of the funeral oration pronounced by Monsr. Chaudron on the death of our late most illustrious General Washington, which you were pleased to send me. no circumstances can ever efface the memory of those services which had rendered him so dear to his country; no time can dry their tears. the tender expressions of grief which flow from the...
120533To Alexander Hamilton from Marquis de Lafayette, 7 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Mde de fleury widow to our Gallant friend Having Imparted to me Her Intention to Adress the Governement of the United States, is pleased to think that Letters from me, and one particularly to you, Might Serve Her purpose. I am Sure the American Citizens, and Above all our Brother Soldiers, Need Not Being Reminded of the Brilliant and Useful Service Which the Late General fleury Had the...
120534From Alexander Hamilton to Henry Lee, 7 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
The letters to which you allude in yours of the 5th. instant have never been seen by me. The truth is that I pay very little attention to such Newspaper ebulitions, unless some friend points out a particular case which may demand attention. But be assured once for all, that it is not easy for these miscreants to impair the confidence in and friendship for you which are long habits of my mind....
120535To Alexander Hamilton from James McHenry, 7 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your two letters dated the 2d. & 3d. instant. I enclose copy of “An act to suspend in part an act, intitled an act to augment the army of the United States, and for other purposes” passed the 20~ ultimo—providing that all further enlistments under the 2d. Section of the original act, shall be suspended until the further order of Congress, unless in the recess of Congress, and...
120536From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 7 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, March 7, 1800. States that the “law which provides for Brigade and Division Inspectors has made them no allowance for the article of forage.…” Quotes an order he has given to James Wilkinson on this question. Encloses extract of a letter from John F. Hamtramck on Indian affairs. Df , in the handwriting of Ethan Brown, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. “An Act for the better...
120537From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 7 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Ethan A. Brown has acted, for some time, in my office, in the character of Assistant Secretary; and I shall continue to have occasion for his services. It would therefore be gratifying to me if the President would bestow on him the appointment of second Lieutenant in the twelfth regiment. Mr: Brown has heretofore received a monthly salary. Should he be appointed to the office of Lieutenant...
120538To Alexander Hamilton from James Wilkinson, 7 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I wrote you on the 27th Ulto. over land, via Fort Washington agreeably to the enclosed duplicate, which was accompanied by the papers and documents therein mentioned. I avail myself of a safe opportunity to New Orleans, to send this to our Consul there, Mr Jones, with directions for its transmittal by sea, for your satisfaction and that of the Executive. The garrisons of Fort McHenry and...
120539From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 7 [March] 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to send you the drawings and Uniform agreeably to the plan heretofore submitted for your approbation, with the — alteration in the Musician’s Coats — worsted lace with frogs, instea d — with gre at — P.S. A Letter from Richard Colonel Hunnewell of the 23. Feby. mentions that Mr David I Waters does not accept — of the appointment of Cadet ( Df , in the handwriting of Philip...
120540From Alexander Hamilton to John F. Hamtramck, 7 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I am not certain whether I have or not answered your letter of the 25 of December. It is my opinion that your ordinary residence will be at Pittsburgh that you may have the immediate charge of the more Northern Posts, and be a medium of communication, between Genl. Wilkinson and myself. Your Suggestion as to a Brevet has not been unnoticed. It is impossible for me to say any thing as to the...