Trenton 10^th Sept. 1798 My dear Hamilton. I reced your letter of the 8^th Instant this morning. Mine to you, to which it is an answer, ought to have been dated the 6^th Instant. I do not, I cannot blame you, for your determination. M^r Pickering M^r Wolcott. & M^r McHenry have agreed to make a respectful representation on the subject to the President. You will of course hear from me relative to the commands of the President when the result is known to me. Yours &c [This Gen. Alex^r. Hamilton.]