From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 6 October 1799
To James McHenry
New York October 6th. 99
Sir
General Wilkinson has just returned to this city,1 and will set out together with myself for Trenton2 on Monday in order to settle definitively with you the requisite arrangements for the Western Army.
With great respect I am Sir
Secretary of War
Df, in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
1. James Wilkinson had been on a trip to New England. See H to George Washington, September 23, 1799, note 1.
2. The Government had moved its offices to Trenton because of a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. See McHenry to H, August 29, 1799.