Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel William Malcom, [17 August 1778]

To Colonel William Malcom1

[White Plains, New York, August 17, 1778]

Sir,

You will appoint a genteel sensible Officer to go to Fish Kill the 19th. instant, where he will receive orders from the Governor or the commissioners for conducting in character of a flag some inhabitants who are to [be] sent to New York. You will caution him to treat the persons in his charge with decency and politeness. It will be necessary to be very exact as to the time; and so to order it that the officer may be at Fish Kill the night before or early in the morning.

I am Sir   Your most Obed ser

Alex Hamilton   Aide De Camp

Head Quarters White Plains Aug 17. 1778

ADfS, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Malcom, a colonel of one of the Sixteen Additional Continental Regiments, was stationed at West Point.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel William Malcom, [17 August 1778]
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Malcom, William
    Date
    17 August 1778

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel William Malcom, [17 August 1778],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0532. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, pp. 534–535.]

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