From Alexander Hamilton to James Wilkinson, 3 December 1799
To James Wilkinson, 3 December 1799
NY. Decr. 3. 99
Sir,
The Secretary of War has enquired of me the day on which Captain Pope died, and I would thank you to enable me to give him the information which he calls for.
W—
G Wilkinson—
(Df, in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).