Refers to an enclosed confidential letter [not present] [from Charles
Cotesworth Pinckney to Hamilton, 1-25 March 1800] regarding defining
the relative position between first and second major in a regiment and
comments on the matter.; "Private"
Concurs that it was essential for him to take a decisive course regarding an arrangement of major generals, informs him that [Charles Cotesworth] Pinckney agreed to the arrangement and expressed a willingness to serve under Hamilton's command, and requests that he transmit Hamilton's letter to [Timothy] Pickering and to [Oliver] Wolcott, [Jr.].
