Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to William North, 2 May 1800

To William North, 2 May 1800

NY. May 2. 1800

Sir,

Major Huntingdon’s resigned his commission on resignation was accepted on the twenty ninth day of November.

The arrangement of rank for the is definitively fixed, and I am not inclined to disturb it. I am sorry that discontents should exist, but any plan for remedying these would doubtless create others—

G. North

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

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    From Alexander Hamilton to William North, 2 May 1800
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    North, William
    Date
    2 May 1800

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to William North, 2 May 1800,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/02-01-02-2482. [This document from The Papers of Alexander Hamilton is original to the digital edition. It was added on 30 December 2015.]

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