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James McHenry to Alexander Hamilton, 6 August 1798

From James McHenry

[Trenton, August 6, 1798. On this date McHenry wrote to Hamilton “stating that he is indisposed and feverish, and told of the rejection of the nomination of W. S. Smith as adjutant general,1 and of the need that the appointments should be hastened.”2 Letter not found.]

1. Executive Journal, I description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate (Washington, 1828), I. description ends , 292, 293.

2. Steiner, James McHenry description begins Bernard C. Steiner, The Life and Correspondence of James McHenry, Secretary of War under Washington and Adams (Cleveland, 1907). description ends , 321.

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    James McHenry to Alexander Hamilton, 6 August 1798
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    McHenry, James
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    6 August 1798

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    “James McHenry to Alexander Hamilton, 6 August 1798,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-22-02-0034. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 22, July 1798 – March 1799, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1975, p. 56.]

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