Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Captain Allan McLane, [17 July 1779]

To Captain Allan McLane

[Stony Point, New York, July 17, 1779]

Dr. Sir

The General desires you will do every thing in your power without delay to collect all the teams and waggons about the Country in this neighbourhood—to remove the wounded cannon and stores. There is no time to be lost in doing it.1

I am   Yr. Obed ser

A Hamilton   Aide De Camp

Stoney Point   July 17th. 79

ALS, New-York Historical Society, New York City.

1. These instructions were given as a result of the capture of Stony Point on July 16, 1779, by the Americans under Brigadier General Anthony Wayne. Washington’s haste was partially due to preparations then being made to attack Verplanks Point.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Captain Allan McLane, [17 July 1779]
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    17 July 1779

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Captain Allan McLane, [17 July 1779],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0327. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, pp. 105–106.]