Money for the 8th and 9th Regiments

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Money for the 8th and 9th Regiments

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..."

year created

1799

month created

10

day created

25

author

sent from location

Trenton

recipient

in collection

note

Cited in Hamilton to Swan, 10/27/1799.

cited note

Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office

notable person/group

Alexander Hamilton
Caleb Swan
Secretary of War [McHenry]
8th Regiment
9th Regiment
best clerk in my office

notable location

Trenton

notable item/thing

my own horse

document number

1799102560100

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Printed Versions [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Caleb Swan Trenton [n/a]
Recipient Alexander Hamilton [unknown] [n/a]