I do not feel myself at liberty to proceed...
Document 1799Swan is hesitant to proceed with the payment of the troops under the current system and awaits Hamilton's directions regarding how to proceed.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Swan is hesitant to proceed with the payment of the troops under the current system and awaits Hamilton's directions regarding how to proceed.
Date
09/09/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Trenton
Collection
Document number
1799090960000
Note
Cited in Hamilton to Swan, 09/14/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Caleb Swan, Paymaster General
Secretary of War {McHenry]
Comptroller of the Treasury [Oliver Wolcott, Jr.]
Notable locations
Trenton
Philadelphia (Seat of Government)
Notable items
payment might be made under the usual forms with the exception of the warrant from the commanding officer
I was apprehensive of impropriety
difficulties...in the execution of the system laid down for the payment of the troops
I do not feel myself at liberty to proceed...until I receive your direction as to the mode to be adopted
if I were removed to your headquarters it would not...facilitate the business of paying the troops
your warrants are indispensable to my payments