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Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804) [Order to a Deputy Commissary General of Purchases] [incomplete]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02307 Author/Creator: Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: circa 1777-1781 Pagination: 1 p. ; 7 x 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Orders to agree to a requisition. This is a fragment of a larger document, so the identity of the deputy commissary general is unknown. Signed A. Hamilton, A. D. C.

Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Hamilton was George Washington's Aide-de-Camp 1777-1781.

The D C General of Purchases will issue agreeably to the above requisitions.

A. Hamilton
A. D. C.

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

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