Permission for Circumventing the Chain of Command

Item

Type

Draft Letter

Title

Permission for Circumventing the Chain of Command

Description

Dayton is permitted to communicate directly with Hamilton if given permission to do so by his commander, Major Hoops.

year created

1799

month created

03

day created

20

sent from location

New York

recipient

in image

note

Draft letter unsigned but assumed to be Alexander Hamilton based on the content/
Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to Vol. 22.

notable person/group

Horatio Dayton
Alexander Hamilton
Major [Adam] Hoops

notable location

New York

notable item/thing

directions of your commanding officer
personal application to me
permission

document number

1799032037001

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) WGS07 (1 pages) Collection: Alexander Hamilton Papers R: 16
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Alexander Hamilton New York [n/a]
Recipient Horatio R. Dayton [unknown] [n/a]