[address wrapper] [circular postmark] [FREE] Oliver Wolcott Esquire N: Y: Trenton New Jersey [undecipherable] New York August 21, 179[—] My Dear Sir Your two letters of the 9^th [undecipherable] this place [during?] my absence on necessary business [which] only [undecipherable] on Saturday [—] Our friend M^r. [undecipherable] has adopted the ideas suggested to him. And you may rely on my effectual cooperation. At the same time, as a total [undecipherable: probable reading "dislocation"] of residence, to fulfil in [its?] utmost the idea you intimate, would be [undecipherable: probable reading "injurious"] to me, I must endeavour to avoid it. [undecipherable] and constant communication and the immediate charge of certain branches of the service [—] I doubt not substantially suffice. The objects you indicate as deserving primary attention will engage it. In respect to M^r. Wharton, I shall with pleasure promote whatever may [undecipherable: probable reading "suit"] him [&] the service. But I do not know that there is in the establishment any provision for a clerk or Secretary to a General officer. [undecipherable] apart on the case of the Commander in Chief for Aides — De Camp, [&] [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] characters. In reference to [undecipherable] my [undecipherable: probable reading "situation"] is this — I have already yielded to the strong [undecipherable: probable reading "wishes"] of M^r. & M^rs. Church the promise to appoint their [undecipherable: probable reading "eldest"] for as one — for the other I must endeavour to find an experienced officer. If M^r. Wharton desires an appointment as [—] regiment to take his chance for a place in the family of some general officer, I will assist [him] with. Let me, if you pleas, understand this matter with precision. Y^r Affecte A Hamilton [Oliver Wolcott Esq^r.]