Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 31 August 1799

To James McHenry

New York, August 31, 1799. “I have lately received pressing applications from various quarters … for a supply of Horsemens Tents.1 On this subject I can only renew the urgent requests which I have so frequently made to you.…”2

Df, in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. These requests are in William S. Smith to H, August 15, 1799; Thomas Parker to H, August 15, 17, 1799 (both letters listed in the appendix to this volume).

2. See H to McHenry, third letter of July 10, 1799.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 31 August 1799
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    McHenry, James
    Date
    31 August 1799

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 31 August 1799,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-23-02-0372. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 23, April 1799 – October 1799, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976, p. 366.]

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