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From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 15 January 1800

To James McHenry

New York Jany. 15th. 1800

Sir:

I shall go to Albany on Sunday next on urgent business.1 Official communications from you will, of course, not reach me after Saturday, but I shall direct the Adjutant General2 to open such as may arrive and to take the measures which they render necessary in all cases that can not wait for a reference to me.

S of War

Df, in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. H was going to Albany as attorney for Louis Le Guen in the case of Le Guen v Gouverneur and Kemble before the New York Court of Errors. For this case, see Goebel, Law Practice description begins Julius Goebel, Jr., ed., The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton: Documents and Commentary (New York and London, 1964– ). description ends , II, 48–164.

2. William North.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 15 January 1800
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    McHenry, James
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    15 January 1800

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 15 January 1800,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-24-02-0146. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 24, November 1799 – June 1800, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976, p. 196.]

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