1To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 25 May 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Charleston, South Carolina, May 25, 1792. On June 25, 1792, Hamilton wrote to Pinckney : “I have duly received your letter of the 25th of May.” Letter not found. ] Pinckney, who had served as a colonel in the First South Carolina Regiment during the American Revolution and had been a member of the Constitutional Convention, was at this time practicing law in Charleston, South Carolina.
2To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, [6 September 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Charleston, South Carolina, September 6, 1792. On October 10, 1792, Hamilton wrote to Pinckney : “I duly received your letter of the 6th of September.” Letter not found. ] Pinckney was at this time practicing law in Charleston, South Carolina.
3To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 1 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Charleston [ South Carolina ] June 1, 1795 . “This will be presented to you by Mr: Daniel Blake, a young Gentleman born & educated in England tho of American Parents. He is the Son of a Mr: Wm: Blake a Gentleman of very extensive fortune in this State. He intends to spend this summer in visiting the Northern & Eastern States….” ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Pinckney, who had...
4To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 3 March 1796 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Charleston, South Carolina, March 3, 1796. On June 5, 1796, Pinckney wrote to Hamilton : “I wrote to you the 3d: of last March.” Letter not found. ]
5To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 5 June 1796 (Hamilton Papers)
I beg leave to recommend to your attention the Bearer of this Letter Mr: Benjamin Huger, a Gentleman of family & fortune in this State; he is the Son of Major Huger who unfortunately fell at the lines of Charleston in 1779, & the Eldest Brother of the Mr: Huger who was imprisoned by the Austrians for attempting the rescue of the brave Marquis la Fayette. He intends to travel with his Lady this...
6To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 17 January 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
[ January 17, 1799. On March 7, 1799, Hamilton wrote to Pinckney : “I duly received… Your letter of the 17th of January.” Letter not found. ]
7To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 10 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Charleston, South Carolina, June 10, 1799. Discusses recruiting in Georgia and the Carolinas and the disposition of the Fourth Regiment. States: “Mrs. Pinckney (who has been very ill) unites with me in best respects to Mrs. Hamilton. I cannot imagine what gave rise to the Report, you mentioned relative to the Review, as there was not the most distant cause for it.…” ALS , Hamilton Papers,...
8To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 12 July 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Charleston [ South Carolina ] July 12, 1799 . “… I have found many officers in my division very fond of throwing off their uniform & appearing in frocks. I have directed them always to wear their uniforms; we discussed, & I think agreed on the propriety of that measure at Philadelphia, but I do not see it in the regulations. I wish some general rule was made on the subject, and particularly...
9To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 5 [October] 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your favour of the 26th. ultimo did not reach me till last Evening. I should have the greatest pleasure in meeting you at Trenton for the purpose you mention; but Mrs: Pinckney’s health & very depressed spirits will not permitt me to quit her at present, and it is impossible for her in her actual situation to accompany me there. She is certainly better since her arrival at this place, but the...
10To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 12 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I am obliged to you for your favour of the 6th: instant, which enclosed me the duplicate of yours of the 13th: of August: neither the original of that, nor the Recruiting Instructions, have come to hand; but as I expect they will be forwarded to me from Charleston by the first ship, I will not trouble you for a copy of them without I find they have miscarried. I return you many thanks for the...