Alexander Hamilton Papers

Circular to the Commanding Officers in Northern and Western United States, 15 February 1799

Circular to the Commanding Officers in
Northern and Western United States1

New York, February 15, 1799. “A Letter from the Sec of War2 places under my Superintendance the Posts and Troops under your immediate Command. All further Communications therefore respecting them, including Reports and Returns, are to be addressed to me, not as heretofore to the Sec. of War.…”

Copy, Chicago Historical Society.

1. This letter is the same as “Circular to the Commanding Officers at New York and West Point,” January 30, 1799.

2. James McHenry to H, February 4, 1799.

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    Circular to the Commanding Officers in Northern and Western United States, 15 February 1799
    Author
    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Commanding Officers in Northern and Western United States
    Date
    15 February 1799

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    “Circular to the Commanding Officers in Northern and Western United States, 15 February 1799,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-22-02-0283. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 22, July 1798 – March 1799, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1975, pp. 479–480.]