Requests Confidential Opinion of Arrangements
Document 1798Refers to previous communications. Requests opinion about proposed arrangement. Requests confidentiality.
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[28 Aug. 1798]
[H. Knox]
Trenton 28 Aug. 1798
my dear Sir .
I received your note of the 25th instant yesterday. I had written, on Saturday to the Lieut. General as per copy annexed. You will return this paper, with your opinion respecting the proposed arrangements, and say nothing, to any one about its contents (I mean a part of its contents) to any person either now or hereafter.
[strikethrough: I conceive the circumstances are such, that soon [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]]
[strikethrough: [undecipherable]]
yours.
[verso:]
28 Aug. 1798.
To Alex. Hamilton.
Type
Autograph Draft Letter
Description
Refers to previous communications. Requests opinion about proposed arrangement. Requests confidentiality.
Date
08/28/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Trenton
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798082800001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 09/12/1798.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
Henry Knox
Lieut. General
Notable locations
Trenton