To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Stoughton, 25 June 1803
From Thomas Stoughton1
New York, June 25, 1803. Requests Hamilton to inform Dominick Lynch2 that “after waiting nearly Seven Years to procure a Settlement of our Copartnership Accots … it must now be determined either Amicably or through the medium of the Law.”3 States that he wrote to Hamilton on November 11, 1797,4 with “a Statement of Facts, Copy of our Articles and my claims.”
ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
1. Stoughton, a New York City merchant, was the Spanish consul general in New York City.
2. Lynch was a New York City merchant.
3. An entry in H’s Law Register, 1795–1804, reads:
| “Thomas Stoughton |  |
| v | |
| Dom Lynch |
Retainer expected suit
60 Ds” (D, partially in H’s handwriting, New York Law Institute, New York City). See also H’s Cash Book, 1795–1804, under the date of November 9, 1797 (AD, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress). For additional information concerning this suit, see , forthcoming volumes.
4. Letter not found.