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From Alexander Hamilton to William Short, 23 May 1793

To William Short

[Philadelphia, May 23, 1793. The catalogue description of this letter reads: “Introducing Major Jackson1 to the United States Minister at the Hague.” Letter not found.]

ALS, sold by Stan V. Henkels, Jr., October 9, 1914, Lot 774.

1. William Jackson, who had served as secretary of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and as George Washington’s secretary from 1789 to 1791, was a business partner of William Bingham of Philadelphia. In 1793 he went to Europe as a land agent for Bingham.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to William Short, 23 May 1793
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    “From Alexander Hamilton to William Short, 23 May 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-14-02-0322. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 14, February 1793 – June 1793, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1969, p. 482.]

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