1Enclosure: William Pulteney to Nicholas Romayne, 20 January 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
I received with great pleasure your letter of 20 Nov. I acknowledge that I was disappointed at not hearing from you sooner, as I learnt however that the Hope had arrived Safe on the 5 Oct & all passengers well, I was the less uneasy. It was unlucky that my letter to Mr Williamson sent to Genesee by Mr Johnston & had not returned from thence, when your letter was wrote, as it was of importance...