Money for the 8th and 9th Regiments
Document 1799"The Secretary of War handed me your letter of the 24 instant this morning with an authority in writing to employ an express to take money to the 8th and 9th Regiments. I am putting the business in train and the day after tomorrow shall send the best clerk in my office on my own horse to accomplish it. By this mode I may expect a regular account of the money on such documents as the law and my instructions require at my hands..."
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
"The Secretary of War handed me your letter of the 24 instant this morning with an authority in writing to employ an express to take money to the 8th and 9th Regiments. I am putting the business in train and the day after tomorrow shall send the best clerk in my office on my own horse to accomplish it. By this mode I may expect a regular account of the money on such documents as the law and my instructions require at my hands..."
Date
10/25/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Trenton
Collection
Document number
1799102560100
Note
Cited in Hamilton to Swan, 10/27/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Caleb Swan
Secretary of War [McHenry]
8th Regiment
9th Regiment
best clerk in my office
Notable locations
Trenton
Notable items
my own horse