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To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 16 January 1790

From Tobias Lear

United States
January 16th. 1790.

Sir

By order of the President of the United States, I transmit you the copy of a Report from the Post Master General1 accompanyed with the Draft of a bill respecting the establishment of the Post Office, to the end that the same may be laid before the house of representatives, with any remarks or suggestions, which may appear to you proper, in relation to the Finances.2

I have the honor to be with perfect respect   Sir   Your most Obt. Servant

Tobias Lear
Secretary to the President of the United States

LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. For this report, see Samuel Osgood to H, January 20, 1790.

2. H transmitted this report to the House of Representatives on January 22, 1790.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 16 January 1790
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    Lear, Tobias
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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 16 January 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-06-02-0085. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 6, December 1789 – August 1790, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, pp. 184–185.]

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