Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Ebenezer Foot, 28 September 1780

To Ebenezer Foot1

Continental Village [New York]
28th of Sept. 1780

Sir:

Your letter to the General was delivered to me on the road. You will on receipt of this permit the officer with the flag to return delivering him the enclosed letter. This I know to be His Excellency’s intention, and he yesterday gave orders for the purpose which seem not to have reached you. I am Sir   Your Most Obed’t

A. Hamilton   Aide De Camp

To Mr. Foot
Crompond

ALS, Mr. C. P. Greenough Fuller, New York City.

1. Foot was the receiver of cattle, quarter-master’s department at Crompond, New York.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Ebenezer Foot, 28 September 1780
    Author
    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Foot, Ebenezer
    Date
    28 September 1780

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Ebenezer Foot, 28 September 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0876. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, pp. 444–445.]