[Baltimore, January 10, 1795. On January 29, 1794, Hamilton wrote to Purviance: “Your letter of the 10th. instant with its inclosures has been duly received.” Letter not found.]
1. Purviance was collector of customs at Baltimore.
“To Alexander Hamilton from Robert Purviance, 10 January 1795,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-18-02-0033. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 18, January 1795 – July 1795, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1973, p. 29.]