Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Benjamin Lincoln, 26 January 1790

From Benjamin Lincoln

Boston, January 26, 1790. Discusses the problems involved in the re-exportation of imported wines. Suggests placing imported raisins, lemons, pepper, and pimento on the enumerated list, and states that the additional levies would produce a “handsome” sum.

ADf, RG 36, Letters from the Treasury and Others, 1789–1818, Vol. 11, National Archives.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Benjamin Lincoln, 26 January 1790
    Author
    Lincoln, Benjamin
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    26 January 1790

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Benjamin Lincoln, 26 January 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-06-02-0108. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 6, December 1789 – August 1790, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 218.]

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