From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [2 August 1793]
To George Washington
[Philadelphia, August 2, 1793]
The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor respectfully to submit to the President the enclosed communication from the Commissioner of the Revenue, accompanied with a Contract for the Stakeage of the shoals in Cape Fear river.1
It appears to the Secretary that a ratification of the Contract would be for the interest of the Public service.
A Hamilton
Treasury Depmt.
2d. August 1793.
2d. August 1793.
LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
1. An entry in for August 5, 1793, reads as follows: “The Secretary of the Treasury sent for my approbation a contract for the stakage of the shoals in Cape Fear River by John Duncan, for one year at 84 dollars—approvd. & returned” ( , 193).