Alexander Hamilton A.L.S., H.d Qrs. [i.e., Middlebrook, N.J.], April 21st 1779 : to Col. [Stephen] Moylan of Light Dragoons

Alexander Hamilton A.L.S., H.d Qrs. [i.e., Middlebrook, N.J.], April 21st 1779 : to Col. [Stephen] Moylan of Light Dragoons

[Middlebrook, N.J.] 1779

[4] p. ; 19 cm.

MSS L1977.164.8 M

In April, 1779, Washington's headquarters were in Middlebrook, N.J., and Hamilton was one of Washington's aides-de camp at the time.
"Benjamin Black the bearer a dragoon in your regiment represents that his is rather unfairly detained in the service, having procured another in his place. We do not believe him, but that he may not think himself neglected - I give him this line to you."
"...[Y]ou know the General's [i.e., Washington's] sentiments ... that while, in the present scarcity of men, he thinks we ought not lightly to relinquish those, who can be justly held, yet he esteems it highly injurious to the service, either to use force or deception in procuring or keeping men."
Both Hamilton and Moylan were original members of the Society of the Cincinnati, Hamilton of the New York Society; Moylan, Pennsylvania.
Published in Papers of Alexander Hamilton.
Page [3] blank; page 4 is address leaf.
Watermark: Dove facing left with olive branch but no text. No exact matches in Gravell. American watermarks.
Gift of Evelyn Lansdale Wildman and Clare Lansdale Johnston, through the agency of their father, Philip Moylan Lansdale, a member of the Maryland Society of the Cincinnati
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