Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Otho Williams, [12 June 1779]

To Colonel Otho Williams

[Smiths Clove, New York, June 12,1 1779]

Dr Williams

The Genl sends you four fresh horsemen to enable you to transmit him intelligence.2 The General will take the road you marched to your quarters.

Mind your eye my boy, and if you have an opportunity, fight damned hard!

Yr. friend & serv

A Hamilton   ADC

Hd. Qrs. June 12th.   Six oClock

ALS, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

1. Both J. C. Hamilton (JCHW description begins John C. Hamilton, ed., The Works of Alexander Hamilton (New York, 1851). description ends , I, 79) and Lodge (HCLW description begins Henry Cabot Lodge, The Works of Alexander Hamilton (New York, 1904). description ends , IX, 166) incorrectly date this letter June 11.

2. See H’s draft of George Washington to Williams, June 9, 1779.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Otho Williams, [12 June 1779]
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Williams, Otho
    Date
    12 June 1779

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Otho Williams, [12 June 1779],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0227. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 75.]