Alexander Hamilton Papers

Baron d’Arendt to Lieutenant Colonels Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens, 26 October [1777]

Baron d’Arendt to
Lieutenant Colonels Alexander Hamilton
and John Laurens1

Fort Mifflin [on Mud Island in the Delaware River] October 26 [1777]. Discusses plans for defence of Fort Mifflin.

ALS, MS Division New York Public Library.

1. This letter is in French. There is no addressee on the MS. In unidentified handwriting on the last page the following is written, “Col Hamilton Col John Larens.” The contents of the letter indicate that it was written to someone at Headquarters who was to relay the information to Washington. Aside from the above notation there is no evidence that the letter was written to H.

Henry Leonard Philip, Baron d’Arendt, had been made colonel of the German Battalion in March, 1777. He was placed in command of the troops at Fort Mifflin on October 18, 1777.

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    Title
    Baron d’Arendt to Lieutenant Colonels Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens, 26 October [1777]
    Author
    Arendt, Henry Leonard Philip
    Recipients
    Hamilton, Alexander
    Laurens, John
    Date
    26 October 1777

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    “Baron d’Arendt to Lieutenant Colonels Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens, 26 October [1777],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0324. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 345.]