From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 29 September 1792
To Benjamin Lincoln
Treasury Department
Septr 29th. 1792
Sir
I have concluded upon consideration of the circumstances represented in your letter of the 20th. instant to authorize the sale of the Revenue Cutter as you propose.
In the building of a new one, I must recommend care to be taken, that the vessel be of a proper size; and that her cost be within the limits mentioned in your letter.1
I am with great consideration Sir Your obedt Servant
Alexander Hamilton
Benjn Lincoln Esqr
Collector Boston
LS, RG 36, Collector of Customs at Boston, Letters from the Treasury and Others, 1790–1817, Vol. 10, National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to the Collector at Boston, National Archives.
1. The words “mentioned in your letter” are in H’s handwriting.