101Enclosure: [Instructions to the Army on Funeral Honors for George Washington], [19 December 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
The President, with deep regret, announces to the Army the death of its beloved Chief, General...
102To Alexander Hamilton from John F. Hamtramck, 19 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of the 4th Inst. Respecting my observations on the...
103To Alexander Hamilton from John F. Hamtramck, 19 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Pittsburgh, December 19, 1799. “… I never had any Reports from Loftus’s Heights; it appears to me...
104From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 19 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have heretofore submitted to you a scale for the allowance of servants to the different grades...
105General Orders, [21 December 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
Major Gen. Hamilton , has received through the Secretary of War, the following order from the...
106From Alexander Hamilton to William North, 21 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I enclose to you some regulations relative to the funeral honors to be paid to our departed...
107From Alexander Hamilton to William Macpherson, 22 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I send you the copy of an order which will govern you relative to the funeral honors to be paid...
108From Alexander Hamilton to William North, 22 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Enclosed is a General Order which you will be pleased to circulate thro’ the district under my...
109From Alexander Hamilton to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, [22] December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The death of our beloved commander in Chief was known to you before it was to me. I can be at no...
110From Alexander Hamilton to Lewis Tousard, 22 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Agreeable to suggestions heretofore made I request that you will forthwith commence in...
111To Alexander Hamilton from James Wilkinson, 22 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Since I had the Honor to address you on the 15th Inst: delays unexpected (which to me are in a...
112To Alexander Hamilton from William North, 23 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I had the honor this moment, to receive yours of the 21 inst. & have ordered the field ps &c to...
113To Alexander Hamilton from William S. Smith, 23 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the Honor to acknowledge the receipt of your orders of the 21st. relative to the funeral...
114Enclosure: [Inscription for a Monument to George Washington], [23 December 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
Sacred To The Memory of The Illustrious George Washington General of The Armies of The United...
115To Alexander Hamilton from William S. Smith, 23 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Union Brigade [ Scotch Plains, New Jersey ] December 23, 1799 . “In your Letter of the 17th. you...
116To Alexander Hamilton from William S. Smith, 23 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Union Brigade [ Scotch Plains, New Jersey ] December 23, 1799 . “… I have not seen the...
117From Alexander Hamilton to William North, 24 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have just received your letter of yesterday with it’s enclosure. The Artillery will remain,...
118To Alexander Hamilton from William S. Smith, 24 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the Honor to acknowledge the receipt of your favour of the 23d. this inst. by the hands of...
119To Alexander Hamilton from William S. Smith, 28 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Scotch Plains, New Jersey, December 28, 1799. On January 3, 1800, Hamilton wrote to Smith :...
120From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Pursuant to an instruction some time since received from you, I have now the honor to offer to...
121Enclosure: Uniform of the Army of the United States, December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Uniform for the Army of the United States For The Commander In Chief A blue Coat, without...
122From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
A complete revision of the Articles of War is desireable, as they require amendment in many...
123Plan of the Formation of a Regiment for Exercise or Battle, [December 1799–March 1800] (Hamilton Papers)
A Regiment of Infantry is composed of a Lt Colonel Commandant 2 Majors first and second, An...
124Formation and Disposition of a Regiment of Infantry, [December 1799–March 1800] (Hamilton Papers)
In conformity with the establishment by law and until a definitive arrangement shall be...
125Elements of the Tactics of the Infantry, [1799] (Hamilton Papers)
The Elements of the Tactics of the Infantry consists of three branches. The 1 comprehending the...
126To Alexander Hamilton from William North, 1 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Under the impression, That frequent Inspections are of the utmost consequence, that they tend to...
127From Alexander Hamilton to Tobias Lear, 2 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Yr. letter of the 15 of Decr. last was delayed in getting to hand by the circumstance of its...
128From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 2 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Application has been made to me on the Subject of Chaplains. I find by recurrence to the laws...
129To Alexander Hamilton from Ebenezer Stevens, 2 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, January 2, 1800. “I have received a letter from James Miller esqr. agent to Qur Master...
130From Alexander Hamilton to Elias B. Dayton, 3 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have been much pained by the representations which Colonel Smith has made to me on the subject...
131From Alexander Hamilton to William S. Smith, 3 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Your different letters of the 23rd 24th and 28th. of December have been delivered to me. It is...
132To Alexander Hamilton from Lewis Tousard, 3 [January] 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
A letter which I receive from the contractor at Newport forces me to intrude upon your time, and...
133General Orders, 4 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
The General Court Martial, of which captain Amos Stoddart was President, having found James,...
134From Alexander Hamilton to Joseph Hamilton, 4 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, January 4, 1800. “I have received your letter of the fourth of December, with the...
135From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 5 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
It is indeed a long time, My Dear Sir, since I have written to you, and I feel my obligation to...
136To Alexander Hamilton from James McHenry, 6 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to request that you would be pleased to transmit me a return of all the Troops...
137From Alexander Hamilton to Nathan Rice, 6 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of Decr. 17th. It was not my intention that the relative rank of your...
138To Alexander Hamilton from James McHenry, 7 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Being much pressed to prepare information called for by Congress, I can at present only notice...
139From Alexander Hamilton to Aaron Ogden, 7 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have this day written to Colonel Smith informing him of my intention to detach you from the...
140To Alexander Hamilton from William S. Smith, 7 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of the 3d. inst. I have communicated...
141To Alexander Hamilton from William S. Smith, 8 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Yesterday I received a letter from Lt. Baldwin, wherein he states, that the present situation of...
142To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Freeman, [9 January 1800] (Hamilton Papers)
Having left the public works at Loftus’s-Heights previous to the return of General Wilkinson to...
143From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 9 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, January 9, 1800. “… The Adjutt: General is busied in preparing the Return you require....
144To Alexander Hamilton from William North, 9 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Under cover to you, I have the honor to transmit the Return of the Troops in the service of the...
145To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 9 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I shall not expatiate on our great loss. Not a man in America has more severely felt it than...
146General Orders, 10 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Gambling, a vice destructive to the reputation of an army, and fraught with every evil not only...
147From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Freeman, 11 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the ninth of January with it’s enclosure. Nothing definitive was...
148From Alexander Hamilton to Martha Washington, 12 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I did not thing it proper, Madam, to intrude amidst the first effusions of your grief. But I can...
149From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, [13] January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Some of the maxims which obtain with the Officers at the seat of Government, charged with the...
150From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 13 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to send you the return of the Army of the UStates which you lately required and...