From Alexander Hamilton to William North, 22 December 1799

To William North

Phia. Dr. 22 99

Sir

Enclosed is a General Order1 which you will be pleased to circulate thro’ the district under my command. A copy has been sent to General Pinckney.2

I would repeat the wish expressd in a former letter3 that the celebration take place in N York as well as in this city on Thursday.

It was my intention to have set out to day, but circumstances render it proper for me to continue till Friday.4

G. North

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

1. “General Orders,” December 21, 1799.

2. H to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, December 22, 1799.

3. H to North, December 21, 1799.

4. This is a reference to H’s intention to participate in the official national ceremonies in Philadelphia on Thursday, December 26, 1799. For an account of these ceremonies, see the [Philadelphia] Aurora. General Advertiser, December 27, 1799.

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Title: From Alexander Hamilton to William North, 22 December 1799
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: North, William
Date: 22 December 1799

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Cite as: “From Alexander Hamilton to William North, 22 December 1799,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-24-02-0102. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 24, November 1799 – June 1800, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976, pp. 115–116.]

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