Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Oliver Wolcott, Junior, [8 September 1797]

To Oliver Wolcott, Junior

[New York, September 8, 1797]

My Dr. Sir

I have received the inclosed letter1 which I send to you with only this remark that I have a good opinion of the writer. I know that the pretensions of the person recommended will be weighed in an equal scale & will have all the attention to which they are intitled.

Yrs. truly

AH

Sep. 8. 1797

O Wolcott Jun Esq

ALS, RG 59, General Records of the State Department, Applications and Recommendations, 1792–1801, National Archives.

1. David Meade Randolph to H, September 3, 1797.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Oliver Wolcott, Junior, [8 September 1797]
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Wolcott, Oliver, Jr.
    Date
    8 September 1797

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Oliver Wolcott, Junior, [8 September 1797],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-21-02-0147. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 21, April 1797 – July 1798, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1974, p. 290.]

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