John Armstrong Letter Signed - Inquires on Alexander Hamilton's Military Service

Description: [ALEXANDER HAMILTON] JOHN ARMSTRONG & NICHOLAS FISH. John Armstrong (1758-1843) was an American soldier and statesman who was a delegate to the Continental Congress, U.S. Senator from New York, and Secretary of War under James Madison’s administration. He fought during the American Revolution, served as an aide to Generals Hugh Mercer and Horatio Gates, and distributed his well-known ‘Newburgh letters’ which cited wrongs done unto officers and called for organized action, George Washington took firm steps to avoid a possible mutiny. Alexander Hamilton (circa 1755–1804) was an American soldier and statesman who served as an aide to George Washington during the American Revolution, coauthored The Federalist Papers, and served as the first United States Secretary of the Treasury. In July 1804, sitting Vice President Aaron Burr, stung by a published criticism authored by Hamilton, challenged the esteemed statesman to a duel and fatally wounded him. IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY JOHN ARMSTRONG TO NICHOLAS FISH INQUIRING ON WHEN ALEXANDER HAMILTON SERVED AS GEORGE WASHINGTON’S AIDE-DE-CAMP Important autograph letter signed by, “John Armstrong,” to Nicholas Fish inquiring on when Alexander Hamilton served as George Washington’s aide-de-camp: “Can you ascertain the time at which the late Gen. Hamilton entered the military family of Gen. Washington? It was I know during the Campaign of -76, and upon the recommendation of [Gen. Nathanael] Greene, who had made his acquaintance at N.Y. but what I do not know, is the point of time - whether before or after the defeat of our troops at Long Island - or still later in the Campaign? The first place I recollect seeing him, in the suite of the General, was at Morristown whether the army had retired, after the Princeton affair. Be good enough to let me hear from you on this subject.” Contains one page with an address panel on a bifolium, measures 10 by 8 inches, created in Red Hook, New York on December 6, 1832, and in fine condition with only light toning and staining. ACCOMPANIED WITH FISH’S HANDWRITTEN DETAILED RESPONSE TO ARMSTRONG’S REQUEST Attached at the bottom is Fish’s handwritten detailed response to Armstrong’s request: “I hasten to give you the desired information as far as my memory serves me. I distinctly recollect that the late Genl. H. was not in the military family of Washington while our troops were on Long Island and can not with precision say at what point in time he joined it. I think however it was shortly before the Princeton affair & of this opinion I am pretty confident.” Fish (1758-1833) was a Revolutionary War soldier who served as Hamilton’s second-in-command at the Battle of Yorktown and later as the first Adjutant General of New York. “CAN YOU ASCERTAIN THE TIME AT WHICH THE LATE GEN. HAMILTON ENTERED THE MILITARY FAMILY OF GEN. WASHINGTON?” - “ Hamilton served as aide-de-camp to Washington from March 1777 to April 1781, seven months after the Battle of Long Island on August 27, 1776 and two months after the Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777.

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