I Will Gladly Serve
Document 1798Not having a family, DeHaert expresses his readiness to serve in the Army, preferably as an officer, and asks Hamilton for a recommendation.
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[Address:] To
Alexander Hamilton Esq
[Counsellor] at law
New York
[Endorsed:] [undecipherable] Army
4 Aug 1798
[undecipherable]
Dear Sir Union N. Y. 4 Augt 1798
[p 29.] Having no family I should be glad to go in the army. May I take the liberty of asking your recommendation to be appointed an officer If you consider me worthy and competent which will confer great obligations on your most Obedt huml Servt—
Alep Ham... Esq: James De Haert
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Not having a family, DeHaert expresses his readiness to serve in the Army, preferably as an officer, and asks Hamilton for a recommendation.
Date
08/04/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Union N.Y.
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798080460001
Page start
1
Note
Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to Vol. 22.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James DeHaert
Army
Notable locations
New York
Union N.Y.
Notable items
family
recommendation
officer
obligations