Alexander Hamilton Papers

Alexander Hamilton to Major General William Heath, [26 July 1779]

To Major General William Heath1

[West Point, July 26, 1779.] Requests Heath to attend “a Council to be held at Head Quarters this afternoon.”

ALS, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston.

1. On the same day, H wrote a similar, but slightly differently worded, letter to Brigadier General Anthony Wayne (ALS, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia).

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    Alexander Hamilton to Major General William Heath, [26 July 1779]
    Author
    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Heath, William
    Date
    26 July 1779

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    “Alexander Hamilton to Major General William Heath, [26 July 1779],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0348. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 113.]

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