1. When this letter was written, Morris was a member of the United States Senate from Pennsylvania.

Although it cannot be stated with certainty, it seems likely that this letter concerns H’s efforts to sell to Morris stock in the Bank of North America owned by John B. Church. Church was Elizabeth Hamilton’s brother-in-law, and H acted as his agent or representative while (as was now the case) he was in his native England. For the negotiations concerning this sale, see Morris to H, November 13, 1789, April 4, 1790 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , V, 513–14; VI, 348–49); H to Thomas Willing, February 20–23, March 30, 1790 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , VI, 273–74, 308, 322); Willing to H, March 22, February 24, 1790 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , VI, 278–79); H to Brockholst Livingston, March 30, 1790 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , VI, 329–30); Livingston to H, April 4, 1790 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , VI, 347–48). See also Church’s account in H’s “Cash Book,” March 1, 1782–1791 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , III, 55), and the introductory note to Morris to H, June 7, 1795 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , XIII, 359–66).