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From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [17 January 1792]

To George Washington

[Philadelphia, January 17, 1792]

The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor to communicate to the President a letter of the 7th. of January 1792. from the Collector of Alexandria,1 in answer to one written at the direction of the President;2 and also the Answer of the Collector of Boston to an enquiry in relation to the Keeper of the Lighthouse at Portland.3

January 17th. 1792.

LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Letter from Charles Lee not found.

2. Letter not found.

3. For the letter concerning the Portland lighthouse, see Benjamin Lincoln to H, December 1, 1791.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [17 January 1792]
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    17 January 1792

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [17 January 1792],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-10-02-0107. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 10, December 1791 – January 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1966, p. 520.]

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