Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Timothy Pickering, 29 August 1777

To Colonel Timothy Pickering1

Wilmington [Delaware] August 29, 1777. Sends extract from General Orders of June 18, 1777, stating that “Timothy Pickering Esquire is appointed Adjutant General in the Armies of the United States of America.”

ADS, Pickering Foundation, Salem, Massachusetts.

1. Before his appointment as adjutant general, Timothy Pickering had served as colonel of a Massachusetts militia regiment.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Timothy Pickering, 29 August 1777
    Author
    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Pickering, Timothy
    Date
    29 August 1777

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Timothy Pickering, 29 August 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0266. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 320.]

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