1From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel and John Smith, 23 August 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, August 23, 1790. The dealer’s catalogue description of this letter reads: “On financial matters.” Letter not found. ] ALS , sold by Anderson Galleries, May 2, 1922, Lot 642. Samuel and John Smith, Baltimore merchants, were brothers.
2From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Smith, 8 June 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, June 8, 1793. On June 16, 1793, Smith wrote to Hamilton : “I receivd your Letter of the 8 Inst.” Letter not found. ] Smith was a Baltimore merchant who had been an officer in the American Revolution and a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1790 to 1792. In March, 1793, he was elected to Congress.
3To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel Smith, 16 June 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Before I receivd your Letter of the 8 Inst. I had Convers’d with Mr. Randolph who had nearly Satisfied my Mind. I had his permission to mention Such points of our Conversation as tended to Allay the fears of the people relative to a War & I have taken the Liberty to use some parts of your Letter to serve the same desireable purpose. These are those parts that prove the Imprudence of a...
4From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Smith, 17 August 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, August 17, 1793. On August 20, 1793, Smith wrote to Hamilton : “Yours of 17 Inst. I have recd.” Letter not found. ]
5To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel Smith, 20 August 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Yours of 17 Inst. I have recd. The late proceedings of the Executive give satisfaction to every Body. It is only Askd—why was not this done sooner to which I have answerd—that the President had promised lenient Measures & depended on the promise of Mr Genet respectg. the Vessells Commissiond in America being orderd off not to return & that he had pledgd his Honor to grant no New Commissions....
6From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Smith, 26 August 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, August 26, 1793. On September 30, 1793, Oliver Wolcott, Jr., wrote to Robert Elliot and referred to “A Copy of a Letter from the Sec. of the Treasy. to Samuel Smith Esq dated August 26th. 1793.” Letter not found. ] ADf , Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
7To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel Smith, 27 August 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Since my last I have inquird most particularly & find that there was not the Smallest Ground for the Report of Rendezvous houses being open’d for an Expedition to Providence. The Aristocratic French said that the Intention of the Volunteers being askd from the French Mercht Ships to man the Ships of War was to go agt. Providence & People generally wishing the Destruction of that Nest of...
8From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Smith, 15 September 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ War Department, September 15, 1794. “You will ere this (I presume) have received from the Governor of Maryland information and instructions respecting the assembling of all the Militia of that State destined to act against the Insurgents. The place of ultimate rendezvous is, Fort Cumberland. The whole are to assemble there as fast as they can be ready. I request that you will immediately...
9To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel Smith, 16 September 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Baltimore, September 16, 1794. On September 19, 1794, Hamilton wrote to Smith : “I have had the pleasure of receiving your two letters of the 16th: instant.” Neither letter has been found. ] Smith referred to one of these letters when he wrote to William Pinkney, president of the Maryland Council, on September 21, 1794, as follows: “… In Consequence of a Letter I wrote to the Secretary of...
10From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Smith, 19 September 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
I have had the pleasure of receiving your two letters of the 16th: instant. The circumstances they announce are upon the whole satisfactory. The zeal which has been called forth by the threatened attack upon the magazine at Frederick is in the highest degree commendable and is an earnest of the ultimate reliance which may be placed on the principles of good Order in our Country. As...