Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Major Nicholas Fish, 22 January 1778

From Major Nicholas Fish1

Valley Forge, January 22, 1778. Requests written discharge for Captain Barent J. Ten Eyck, Second New York Regiment.2

LS, RG 93, Miscellaneous Records, National Archives.

1. Fish, a major in the Second New York Regiment, subsequently became a close friend of H and a prominent New York Federalist.

2. At the end of this letter, H wrote: “One of the Gentlemen below is requested to transact the business of this letter. AH.”

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Major Nicholas Fish, 22 January 1778
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    Fish, Nicholas
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    22 January 1778

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Major Nicholas Fish, 22 January 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0352. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 414.]

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