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To Alexander Hamilton from Michael Dawson, 1 January 1790

From Michael Dawson1

Philadelphia, January 1, 1790. Applies for the contract for the maintenance of the buoys and beacons in Delaware River and Bay.

LS, RG 26, Early Lighthouse Letters, National Archives.

1. Dawson was a Delaware River pilot who had been employed by Pennsylvania to maintain the aids to navigation in the Delaware River.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Michael Dawson, 1 January 1790
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    1 January 1790

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Michael Dawson, 1 January 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-06-02-0065. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 6, December 1789 – August 1790, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 42.]