1To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 5[–9] March 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
The “contest” to which Coxe is referring was the battle over the Pennsylvania charter of the Bank of North America in 1785 and 1786. Coxe had defended the bank in a pamphlet entitled ...concerning the Bank of North America, with some facts relating to such establishments in other countries, respectfully submitted to the honorable the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, by one of their...
2To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 20 August 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
“The enclosed three counterfeit notes of the Bank of North America, with the affidavits accompanying them, were transmitted to this office by the Supervisor of Virginia.
3To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 10 May 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
...Philadelphia, had been mayor of that city in 1763. From 1767 to 1777 he was associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Continental Congress in 1775 and 1776, president of the Bank of North America, and the first president of the Bank of the United States.
4To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 26 August 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
Tench Francis, Jr., was cashier of the Bank of North America. He and Coxe’s mother, Mary Francis Coxe, were the children of Tench Francis, Sr., a lawyer in Philadelphia and Attorney General of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1741 until his death in 1755. In addition...