Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Nathaniel Appleton, 2 March 1791

From Nathaniel Appleton

Boston, March 2, 1791. “I had the honor to write you 23d Ulto. since which I have received Drafts from the Treasury for fifty thousand Dollars. I find they will meet with a ready Sale. I have already sold & Engaged 24000 Dollr. The drafts on the Collector1 & the Massachusetts Bank are recd. & deposited in the Bank to my credit by which I am supplied with means to pay the Pensioners which business commences the 5 instant.…”

LC, RG 53, Massachusetts State Loan Office, Letter Book, 1785–1791, Vol. “259–M,” National Archives.

1. Benjamin Lincoln was the collector of customs at Boston.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Nathaniel Appleton, 2 March 1791
    Author
    Appleton, Nathaniel
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    2 March 1791

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Nathaniel Appleton, 2 March 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-08-02-0082. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 8, February 1791 – July 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1965, p. 154.]

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