Expedient of Hiring an Assistant Secretary
Item
Type
Autograph Draft Letter
Title
Expedient of Hiring an Assistant Secretary
Description
Hamilton explains how he has saved money for the public by hiring an assistant secretary instead of an aide-de-camp but still lacks a quarters servant.
year created
1799
month created
10
day created
14
author
sent from location
Trenton
recipient
in collection
in publication
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
mere copyist and drudge
[Ethan Brown]
quarters servants
notable location
Trenton
notable item/thing
compensation
saving of the additional emoluments of an aid
fund for extra compensations and contingencies
fuel
benefit of the public
notable phrase
I still remain with only one aide
an officer could not have been detached for this purpose without inconvenience to his corps, if one could have been found who would have been content to be a mere copyist and drudge
I adopted the expedient of hiring a person [Ethan Brown] to perform the service in quality of Assistant Secretary at the rate of thirty dollars per month
If not paid by the public the money must be paid by me
I have neither had quarters servants nor till the beginning of this month fuel
document number
1799101440000
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Alexander Hamilton | Trenton | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |