Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Jacobus Swartwout, [1783]

From Jacobus Swartwout1

[New York, 1783.] Requests that Hamilton serve as attorney in a suit brought against Swartwout by John Thurman for nonpayment of debt.

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1. Swartwout was a member of the New York Assembly from Dutchess County in 1777 and 1778 and from 1780 to 1783.

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    Title
    To Alexander Hamilton from Jacobus Swartwout, [1783]
    Author
    Swartwout, Jacobus
    Recipient
    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    1783

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Jacobus Swartwout, [1783],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-03-02-0313. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 3, 1782–1786, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 482.]