Alexander Hamilton Papers

George Washington to Major René-Hippolyte Penot Lombard de Noirmont (de la Neuville), 4 September 1779

George Washington to
Major René-Hippolyte Penot Lombard de Noirmont (de la Neuville)1

[West Point] September 4, 1779. Explains purpose of congressional resolve and effect it will have on Noirmont’s rank.

DF, in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. René-Hippolyte Penot Lombard de Noirmont, brother of the Chevalier de la Neuville, was appointed a major by brevet on July 29, 1778. On August 23, 1779, Congress resolved to allow him the “pay and subsistence of a major” (JCC description begins Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789 (Washington, 1904–1937; Reprinted, New York, 1968). description ends , XIV, 989).

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    George Washington to Major René-Hippolyte Penot Lombard de Noirmont (de la Neuville), 4 September 1779
    Author
    Washington, George
    Recipient
    La Neuville, Louis-Pierre Penot Lombart, chevalier de
    Date
    4 September 1779

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    “George Washington to Major René-Hippolyte Penot Lombard de Noirmont (de la Neuville), 4 September 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0429. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 152.]