From Alexander Hamilton to James Lingan, 6 September 1792

To James Lingan1

Treasury Department
September 6. 1792.

Sir

It has been stated to me by Messrs Oliver and Thomson2 that the Ship Eliza, N Stone Master, entered at Alexandria in November last, and proceeded up the River in Ballast to load at George Town, where the said Master had been obliged to pay Tonnage a second time.

If the case is accurately stated, and the Master had paid Tonnage at Alexandria, as may be inferred from the entry said to have been made there, your charge was erroneously made, and the Tonnage Duty paid to you must in that case be refunded.

I am, Sir, Your Obed. Servant.

Alexander Hamilton

James M Lingan Esqr.
George Town.

LS, Mr. Cyril Clemens, Kirkwood, Missouri.

1. In PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , XII, 327, this letter is listed as a “letter not found.”

2. For information concerning the contents of this letter, see “Report on the Petition of Robert Oliver and Hugh Thompson,” February 2, 1795 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , XVIII, 246–47).

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Title: From Alexander Hamilton to James Lingan, 6 September 1792
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Lingan, James
Date: 6 September 1792

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Cite as: “From Alexander Hamilton to James Lingan, 6 September 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0002-0352. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 26, 1 May 1802 – 23 October 1804, Additional Documents 1774–1799, Addenda and Errata, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1979, pp. 682–683.]

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