To Alexander Hamilton from Edmund Randolph, 23 January 1795
From Edmund Randolph1
[Philadelphia] January 23, 1795. “The Secretary of State has the honor of inclosing to the Secretary of the Treasury a Letter from Mr. Fitzsimons,2 requesting that the Cutter may call at Bermuda. Mr. F. will be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury for an answer.”3
LC, RG 59, Domestic Letters of the Department of State, Vol. 8, December 6, 1794–October 12, 1795, National Archives.
1. For background to this letter, see Randolph to H, January 5, 1795.
2. Thomas FitzSimons.
3. On January 23, 1795, Randolph wrote to FitzSimons: “E. Randolph with Compliments to Mr. Fitzsimons, requests him to confer with the Secretary of the Treasury as to the Cutter, touching at Bermuda. His note is forwarded to the Secretary. But is it clear, that the steps, already taken, will not be sufficient for Bermuda?” (LC, RG 59, Domestic Letters of the Department of State, Vol. 8, December 6, 1794–October 12, 1795, National Archives).