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ORGANIZING THE PROVISIONAL ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE QUASI-WAR HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. Letter Signed, "Alex Hamilton," as Inspector General, to Colonel Josias Carvel Hall, requesting that he nominate someone to serve as Quarter Master, approving his choice of Havre de Grace [MD] as a regimental rendezvous, requesting that officers acknowledge their commissions by contacting the Secretary of War, approving his recommendations [of regiment officers], and, in a 7-line holograph postscript: "PS June 1, 1799 / Since closing the above, yours of the 29th of May has come to hand. The proposed change of your bat[t]alion rendezvous is very agreeable to me. I did not particularly reply before because this was a matter origina[l]ly intended to be left to your discretion." 1 1/4 pages, tall 4to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; complete separations at folds partially repaired with tissue verso (with minor loss to two lines of text), faint toning at edges. New York, 31 May and 1 June 1799