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From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel David Hall, [20 April 1779]

To Colonel David Hall

[Middlebrook, New Jersey, April 20, 1779]

Sir

By His Excellency’s command, I inclose you a Resolve of Congress of the 16th of December last, by which you will find that Capt. McLane’s1 Company late of Pattons Regiment2 is annexed to the Delaware Battalion in the arrangement of the Regs. therefore under your Command, you are to Comprehend Captn. McLane and his Officers.

I am, Sir,   Your most Obdt. Servt. Alexr.

Hamilton A De Camp

Head Quarters   Middlebrook   April 20th. 1779

The Commanding Officer of the Delaware Regt.

Copy, Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware.

1. Captain Allan McLane, of the Delaware Regiment. McLane’s granddaughter, Rebecca, married Hamilton’s youngest son, Philip.

2. One of Sixteen Additional Continental Regiments, commanded by Colonel John Patton.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel David Hall, [20 April 1779]
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Hall, David
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    20 April 1779

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel David Hall, [20 April 1779],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0082. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 29.]