Alexander Hamilton recommended for appointment as adjutant general when just 20-years old

Another new discovery that will appear inAlexander Hamilton: The Formative Years.

In November 1777, Timothy Pickering decided to step down as adjutant general. To replace him, Pickering recommended twenty-year-old Alexander Hamilton, even though he was not old enough to vote and had only served as Washingtons aide for a mere nine months. Pickering told Congressman Elbridge Gerry, I do not know how the office would suit Colo. Hamilton, the Generals aid-de-camp. I once asked him why the General...