Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Timothy Pickering, [22 November 1780]

To Colonel Timothy Pickering

[Passaic Falls, New Jersey, November 22, 1780]

My Dr. Col

There are five more boats1 will be at Dobbes ferry, say the Slote,2 thursday night. Endeavour if possible to have teams there for them by that time. You will receive further instructions in the mean time. Let us hear from you on this article.

Alx Hamilton   Aide De Camp

Novr. 22d. 80

ALS, RG 93, Miscellaneous Records, National Archives.

1. These boats were being assembled for the projected attack described in Pickering to H, November 6, 1780, note 1.

2. The name given to the landing at Tappan, New York.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Timothy Pickering, [22 November 1780]
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Pickering, Timothy
    Date
    22 November 1780

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Timothy Pickering, [22 November 1780],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0975. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 506.]

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