From Alexander Hamilton to William Short, 10 September 1790

To William Short

New York Sep. 10 1790

Sir

This will be delivered to you by Benjamin Walker Esquire, Naval officer of the Port of New York who has leave of abscence for a twelvemonth.1 As he has thoughts of visiting Paris he has requested me to make him known to you which I do with pleasure as he is a man of worth. He was during a part of the late War Aide du Camp to General Washington.

I remain with much esteem & consideration Sir, Your obd. st.

A. Hamilton

Sparks Transcripts, Harvard College Library; ALS, The Sol Feinstone Collection, Library of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia.

1. See H to George Washington, August 28, 1790.

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Title: From Alexander Hamilton to William Short, 10 September 1790
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Short, William
Date: 10 September 1790

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Cite as: “From Alexander Hamilton to William Short, 10 September 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-07-02-0023. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 7, September 1790 – January 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1963, p. 30.]

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