1From Alexander Hamilton to John Daves, 25 March 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, March 25, 1794. “The enclosed is a Copy of a letter which has been received from the Surveyor of Beaufort in the District of New Bern. I request to be informed what steps have been taken in regard to the seizure alluded to by the Surveyor.” Copy, RG 56, Letters to the Collector at New Bern, National Archives; LC , RG 56, Letters to Collectors at Small Ports, “Set G,”...
2To Alexander Hamilton from John Daves, 20 May 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
New Bern [ North Carolina ] May 20, 1794 . “Agreeable to your letter dated April 3rd. I have appointed John Wallace Agent for Imploying workmen supplying materials &c for the fortifications to be erected at Ocacoke.… Copy, RG 56, Letters from the Collector at New Bern, National Archives. Daves was collector of customs at New Bern. “Treasury Department Circular to the Collectors of Customs,”...
3To Alexander Hamilton from John Daves, 7 October 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New Bern, North Carolina, October 7, 1790. On December 13, 1790, Hamilton wrote to Daves : “I learn from your letter of the 7th. of October.” Letter not found. ] Daves was collector of customs at New Bern, North Carolina.
4To Alexander Hamilton from John Daves, 12 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
New Bern [ North Carolina ] November 12, 1791 . “In looking out to procure the sundry stores necessary for the Revenue Cutter now building for the North Carolina Station, I find it impossible to procure the whole of the articles in this place or neighbourhood, and not supposing myself justafiable in sending public money abroad to purchase them, I have to request you will be pleased to direct...
5From Alexander Hamilton to John Daves, 21 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, June 21, 1792. Requests “enquiries concerning fit Characters to serve as second and third Mates, in the Revenue Cutter on the North Carolina station.” Copy, RG 56, Letters to the Collector at New Bern, National Archives; copy, RG 26, Revenue Cutter Service Letters Sent, Vol. “O,” National Archives; copy, Letters to Collectors at Small Ports, “Set G,” National Archives.
6To Alexander Hamilton from John Daves, 29 April 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
New Bern [ North Carolina ] April 29, 1794 . “I have received your letter dated 3rd Instant, containing instructions.… As yet I have not been able to get a judicious able man, to undertake owing to the small sum they will be entitled to.… I have received from the Treasurer of the United States a draft on me for One thousand dollars, which shall be disposed of agreeable to your instructions.”...
7From Alexander Hamilton to John Daves, 12 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, June 12, 1794. “I duly received your letter of the 12th. of April respecting the seizure of the Schooner Delight. When the affair shall be determined I shall be glad to be particularly informed of the final issue.…” Copy, RG 56, Letters to the Collector at New Bern, National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to Collectors at Small Ports, “Set G,” National Archives.
8From Alexander Hamilton to John Daves, 9 March 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, March 9, 1792. “You will receive by the first Vessel, for North Carolina from this Port the several articles for the use of the Revenue Cutter, which you desire.…” Copy, RG 56, Letters to the Collector at New Bern, National Archives; copy, RG 26, Lighthouse Letters Received, Revenue Cutter Service Letters Sent, Vol. “O,” National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to...
9From Alexander Hamilton to John Daves, 1 October 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, October 1, 1792. “I enclose you a letter for Captn Cooke. … I have … concluded to alter the station of the Revenue Cutter from New Bern to Wilmington. The Collector of that port will of course have to perform the duties which were heretofore committed to you relative to the Said Cutter.” Copy, RG 56, Letters to the Collector at New Bern, National Archives; LC , RG 26,...
10To Alexander Hamilton from John Daves, 21 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
New Bern [ North Carolina ] June 21, 1792 . “I transmitted you in the month of February last the description and dimentions of the Revenue Cutter built at Washington.… I should be thankful how soon her necessary Papers could be sent on, as she … will be ready for sea in a short time.” Copy, RG 56, Letters from the Collector at New Bern, National Archives. Letter not found.
11To Alexander Hamilton from John Daves, 25 February 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
New Bern [ North Carolina ] February 25, 1790 . Acknowledges receipt of two bills of exchange of three hundred dollars each. ALS , RG 56, Letters from the Collector at New Bern, National Archives.
12To Alexander Hamilton from John Daves, 12 April 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
New Bern [ North Carolina ] April 12, 1794 . “I acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th Ulto. enclosing a Copy of one from Mr. John Easton Surveyor of the Port of Beaufort, stating the seizure of Schooner Delight made by him on the 20th November last. As I never considered the Vessel liable to seizure under any law that I am acquainted with, was the reason I did not make known the...
13To Alexander Hamilton from John Daves, [December 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
I herewith enclose the description and dimensions of the Revenue Cutter built at Washington taken by the examining Officer at Washington and sent me by Capt. Cooke. I expect the Cutter round here shortly and would be thankful to be informed whether the articles for the Revenue Cutter mentioned in my letter of the 12th. November last, have yet been ordered for this Port or Washington. I have...
14To Alexander Hamilton from John Daves, 15 April 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
New Bern [ North Carolina ] April 15, 1794 . “I have seized a Schooner Called the Fox of Washington … she having made a voyage to the West Indies without giving up her Coasting license.… The Attorney has libelled her and is to be tried next Court.” Copy, RG 56, Letters from the Collector at New Bern, National Archives. This was a violation of Section 8 of “An Act for enrolling and licensing...
15From Alexander Hamilton to John Daves, 18 March 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
The President of the United States may have occasion to direct one of the Gentlemen of his family to apply to you for Cash, in exchange for notes of the Bank of North America, in the course of a tour which he intends to make thro’ the Southern States. Should any such application be made, you will immediately furnish the money for the notes, which the President may desire to have exchanged, out...
16To Alexander Hamilton from John Daves, 10 July 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
New Bern [ North Carolina ] July 10, 1791 . “Last year when the Law passed laying duties on imported Spirits to be ascertained by Dycas’s Hydrometer, not knowing I should be furnished with that Instrument, I sent by a gentleman to London, for one of Dycas’s patent Hydrometer’s complete which I received in December last just before the law took place requiring the use of that instrument, which...
17From Alexander Hamilton to John Daves, 13 December 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, December 13, 1790. “I learn from your letter of the 7th. of October, that you have sent for a set of Scales & Weights, and that you have determined to rent a store for the Public Use, as also to build a scale house. Some of these things you will perceive by consulting the Acts of Congress cannot be lawfully done without Permission first obtained. Before I authorize you to...
18To Alexander Hamilton from John Daves, 17 July 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
New Bern [ North Carolina ] July 17, 1792 . “I received yours dated June 21st and in obedience thereto have made inquiry for proper Persons to fill the second & third Mates birth of the Revenue Cutter of this State. For the second mates birth I beg leave to recommend James Sandy of this Town, being a sober man a good seamen a good Pilot.… Capt: Cooke of the Cutter begs leave to recommend his...
19To Alexander Hamilton from John Daves, 1 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
In obedience to your request to be informed what mode is customary among Merchants in this District for calculating the Tare upon Sugars, Coffee, &c. I have made the following Statement, which was also my mode of calculating the Tare until the present Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by Law on Goods, Wares and Merchandize,...