To Alexander Hamilton from Abiel Foster, 26 December 1799
From Abiel Foster, 26 December 1799
Philadelphia 26th. Decmr. 1799
Sir.
The enclosed Letters from Captains Robert Parker, & Nathaniel Green, of the sixteenth Regiment, stating their claim to relative Rank, have been addressed to me: I cannot better gratify their wishes, than by transmitting them to you, and expressing my opinion ⟨— their⟩ respective statements are correct.
I am, Sir, with sentiments of respect and esteem, Your most Obedt Servant.
Abiel Foster
Honorable, General Hamilton
(ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress), enclosing Robert Parker to Foster, December 13, 1799 (ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress); Nathaniel Green to Foster, December 9, 1799 (ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).