(LS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress). On the cover, H’s draft of his reply reads: "It will be I imagine impracticable to obtain such a person temporarily for so remote a destination—Doctor Coffin suggests that he can make an arrangement. As no additional expence to the public should accrue from a personal accommodation to Dr. Coffin—⟨Unless it not⟩ if I hear nothing from the Secy to the Contrary I will authorise Maj Rivardi to grant a furlough on condition that a competent arrangement is made free from expence to the public."