Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Major General Israel Putnam, 29 August 1777

To Major General Israel Putnam

Head Quarters Wilmington [Delaware]
Augt. 29th.1 1777

Sir,

By command of His Excellency, I am to request you will immediately send on Major Blackden2 & the detachment that came with him to join this army.

I am Sir   Your most Obed serv

Alex Hamilton A.D.C.

ADfS, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. The date reads either 28 or 29, for one set of numbers has been written over the other.

2. Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Blackden or Blagden, Second Continental Dragoons.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Major General Israel Putnam, 29 August 1777
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Putnam, Israel
    Date
    29 August 1777

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Major General Israel Putnam, 29 August 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0267. [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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