Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Major General Nathanael Greene, [17 August 1779]

To Major General Nathanael Greene

[West Point, August 17, 1779]

Sir,

Lt. Whitehead undertakes1 to go tomorrow morning early with some important dispatches for The General to Philadelphia. You will be pleased to have him furnished with a good horse saddle & Bridle for this purpose.

A Hamilton   Aide De Camp

To The Quarter Master General

ALS, Library of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia.

1Lieutenant James Whitehead, Second Pennsylvania Regiment.

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