Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Colonel Timothy Pickering, 20 April 1781

From Colonel Timothy Pickering

Newburgh [New York] April 20, 1781. Doubts that, as quarter-master general, he possesses authority to appoint Colonel Jabez Champlin barrack master for French army in America.

ALS, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; LC, RG 93, Letters of Col. T. Pickering, National Archives; copy, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Colonel Timothy Pickering, 20 April 1781
    Author
    Pickering, Timothy
    Recipient
    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    20 April 1781

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Colonel Timothy Pickering, 20 April 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-1154. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 597.]

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