Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, [18 June 1778]

To Brigadier General Anthony Wayne

[Valley Forge, June 18, 1778]

Sir,

His Excellency desires you will have the division commanded by General Mifflin1 prepared to march at two OClock. You know it consists of the 1st & 2d Pennsylvania, and the Brigade late Conways.

Yr. Obed ser

Alex Hamilton   Aide De Camp

Head Quarters

June 18th.

ALS, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

1. Major General Thomas Mifflin had served as an aide-de-camp to Washington until August 14, 1775, when he was appointed quartermaster general of the Continental Army. He resigned as quartermaster general in November, 1777.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, [18 June 1778]
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    18 June 1778

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, [18 June 1778],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0483. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 501.]

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