[Marginal notation: 5569] Alexander Hamilton Esquire Inspector General New-York [Administrative notation, inverted:] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Elizabeth[undecipherable: probable reading "Town"] Feb[ruar]y 23.d 1799 Sir. On my return home [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] [I] found your [undecipherable: probable reading "favor"] of the 20^th instant and in pursuance there of, after a consultation with [undecipherable], I beg leave to [sub]mit [to] your consideration, the following division of the state [undecipherable] into [undecipherable] districts, and [undecipherable] [undecipherable], by the purpose of [undecipherable]— [undecipherable] to comprehend the following Sub-districts— namely— [underline: The first Sub.district]— including Bergen County, and all the townships of Sussex County, excepting Greenwich, Oxford, Knowlton, and Mansfield-Woodhouse— The Head quarters to be at Hackensack in Bergen County. [underline: The Second Sub-dis- trict]— including Essex County and Morris County excepting out of the latter the township of Bashenridge— The Head-quarters to be at Elizabeth-Town in Essex County. [underline: The Third Sub-district] including Middlesex County— Somerset County, the township of Middleton in Monmouth County, and the township of Bashenridge in Morris County— The Head-quarters [to be] at New Brunswick in the County of Middlesex. [undecipherable] district to comprehend the following [undecipherable]— [undecipherable] — namely. [underline: The fourth Sub-District]— including Hunterdon County, and the townships of Greenwich— Oxford, Knowlton and Mansfield Woodhouse in Sussex County— Head Quarters to be at Trenton in the County of Hunterdon. [underline: The fifth Sub-District]— including Burlington County and Monmouth County, excepting from the latter the township of Middletown— Head Quarters to be [at] Burlington in the County of Burlington. [underline: The Sixth Sub-district]— including the Counties of Gloucester, Cumberland, Salem & Cape May— Head Quarters at Woodbury in the County of Gloucester. Permit me to remark that the latter [undecipherable]district is the largest— but being a Quaker district, and for that reason, not so suitable for the recruiting service, and being very conveniently together, I have arranged them, [undecipherable: probable reading "running it"] not much out of proportion, and that an exact distribution into parts would be very difficult and inconvenient and must require also much time. I pledge to you my Zeal and assiduity in promoting the present service, and [such] other as may fall to my lot and believe me to be with the utmost respect & highest consideration your most Obt. [undecipherable]