Your Opinion Respecting the Proposed Arrangements
Document 1798McHenry requests Hamilton's opinion regarding the proposed arrangements and swears him to secrecy regarding the contents of his recent letter.
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[Sir: [undecipherable] 20 [undecipherable] 1798 / [private?]]
Trenton 20 Aug. 1798
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My Dear Sir.
I received your note of the 25 inst. yesterday. I had written on Saturday to the Lieutenant [undecipherable] [as per copy?] is 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) either now or hereafter.
yours [undecipherable]
[Address:] Maj Gen. Geo. Hamilton.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
McHenry requests Hamilton's opinion regarding the proposed arrangements and swears him to secrecy regarding the contents of his recent letter.
Date
08/28/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Trenton
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798082800002
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Notable locations
New Jersey
Trenton
Notable items
Lieutenant General
your opinion
proposed arrangements