31From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 2 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, June 2, 1792. On June 21, 1792, Randolph wrote to Hamilton and referred to “your communication of the 2d instant.” Letter not found. ]
32From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, [6 October 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, October 6, 1792. On October 17, 1792, Randolph wrote to Hamilton : “On my return home, I found your letter of the 6th instant.” Letter not found. ] Although this letter has not been found, the answer to it indicates that its contents were similar to those of “Treasury Department Circular,” September 13, 1792 .
33From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 6 October 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Carlisle, Pennsylvania, October 6, 1794. On October 8, 1794, Randolph wrote to William Rawle: “The Secretary of State … has the honor to communicate … the following Extract of a letter of the 6th instant this moment received from the Secretary of the Treasury.…” Letter not found. ] LC , RG 59, Domestic Letters of the Department of State, Vol. 7, June 27–November 30, 1794, National Archives....
34From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 13 August 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
It has been the practice with the board of Treasury and it has been continued by this Department in cases of advertisements relative to contracts or other public business, to subjoin a note requesting the Printers throughout the united States or in some cases certain Printers to insert such advertisements in their respective Papers. It has been customary to pay such printer or printers who in...
35From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 28 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, June 28, 1794. On June 28, 1794, Randolph wrote to Hamilton : “I have this moment received your note of this day.” Letter not found. ]
36From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 12 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, October 12, 1791. On October 18, 1791, Randolph wrote to Hamilton : “The attorney-general of the United States does himself the honor of replying to the questions, propounded by the secretary of the Treasury of the United States, in his letter of the 12th of October 1791.” Letter not found. ]
37From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 25 January 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the 5th instant. You will find by the inclosed extract of a letter from our Commissioners at Amsterdam, that reliance cannot be had on the success & the measures heretofore taken for procuring the loan at Amsterdam. It is more than possible that subsequent events may have enhanced the difficulty. New expedients must be adopted; but in order to these it is...
38From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 25 January 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
It was my intention at the time of the Receipt of your Note of the 20th. of September last, transmitting a letter of the same date from Mr. Jaudenes to you (now returned) to have made you a full and particular communication of the result of my enquiry into the affair. But the hurry of the moment, the western insurrection pressing among other objects, diverted my attention from it so...
39From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 5 January 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
I have recd your two letters of the 3d instant. On the 2d instant Mr. Dela Forest produced at my Office a draft of the Minister for forty thousand Dollars payable the 3d of September next. In consequance of what had passed between us, I took it for granted on the appearance of this draft, that the affair had been arranged between the Minister and you; and as the case was represented to be very...
40From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 14 May 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, May 14, 1794. “The inclosed papers will inform you of the present state of the affair which in your absence you committed to me, respecting the Swift Packet.” Copy, New-York Historical Society, New York City. The enclosures consist of William Rawle to H, May 8, 1794 ; H to George Hammond, May 10 , 14, 1794 ; and Hammond to H, May 12, 1794 . See also Edmund Randolph to H, May 7,...
41From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 27 April 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
I did not receive the draft of your reply to Mr. Hammond on the subject of the instructions of the 8th of June till bed time last night, nor could I without a much more considerable delay than seems to comport with your plan pretend to enter into an accurate scrutiny of the paper. I must therefore confine myself to a very few remarks. I If my memory serves me right your position that the...
42From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, [12] July 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] July [ 12 ] 1794 . “… The items in the inclosed accounts appear … most naturally and properly charges upon the fund for foreign intercourse. The fund alluded … contemplates matters of unforeseen casualty to which no other fund is applicable.” AL , RG 59, Consular Reports: Dublin, National Archives. H incorrectly dated this letter July 11, 1794. See Randolph to H, third letter...
43[From Alexander Hamilton to William Bradford, Timothy Pickering, Edmund Randolph, and Oliver Wolcott, Junior], [28 July … (Hamilton Papers)
Hamilton, History John C. Hamilton, Life of Alexander Hamilton, a History of the Republic of the United States of America (Boston, 1879). , VI, 243. John Church Hamilton states that H wrote to members of George Washington’s cabinet on this date. No further evidence of this correspondence, however, has been found.
44From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 8 July 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury presents his Compliments to The Secretary of State—begs leave to inform him that his opinion on the question lately proposed respecting the instruction of Mr Jay eventually to establish by Treaty a Concert with Sweden & Denmark—is against the measure. The United States have peculiar advantages from situation which would thereby be thrown into common stock without...
45From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 31 May 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Pursuant to the arrangement agreed upon between us in conversation I have instructed the Treasurer to remit to Mr. Pinckney bills for 60,449 current guilders and 8 Stivers being according to the computed par of Exchange the amount of the sum allowed to Major General La Fayette by the Act of Congress of the 27th of March 1794. These bills are drawn upon our Commissioners at Amsterdam and will...
46From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 30 April 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, April 30, 1794. “The bearer is a French officer in extreme distress. He wishes to go to St Domingo but has not the means of paying his passage. Is there any way of accommodating him out of the public fund? I refer him to you.…” ALS , RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters, 1790–1799, National Archives.
47From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 2 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November 2, 1791. On November 9, 1791, Randolph wrote to Hamilton : “I do myself the honor of answering your letter of the 2d. instant.” Letter not found. ]
48From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 10 May 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Inclosed are two letters one of the 16th of April from the Collector of the District of Charlestown, the other of the 29 of April from the Collector of the District of New Port —raising certain questions concerning the conduct to be observed in respect to prizes brought into the ports of the UStates by the Powers of Europe now at War with each other. I request your opinion on the points of law...
49From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 9 November 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
The following case has arisen upon the representation of different Collectors. There have arrived in several Ports of the UStates vessels belonging to citizens of France with Cargoes on board, which were obliged for safety to quit the Island of St Domingo a French Colony, in consequence of civil commotions existing in the Island, and under that species of necessity proceeded to the UStates as...
50From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 2 July 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, July 2, 1794. On July 7, 1794, Hamilton wrote to Randolph : “My letter of the second Instant will have fulfilled your wish.” Letter not found. ]
51Enclosure III: George Hammond to Edmund Randolph, 18 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have had the honor of receiving your letter of this date, inclosing the President’s determination with respect to the space of twenty four hours to be allowed to elapse from the departure, from Ports of the United States of vessels belonging to one of the belligerent Powers previously to their being followed by ships of war or other armed vessels belonging to another belligerent Power: but...
52Enclosure V: George Hammond to Edmund Randolph, 19 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
In answer to your letter of this date, it is only necessary for me to remark, that as you have not stated to me any principle whatsoever; relative to the sailing from ports of the United States of the vessels of nations hostile to each other, that can have dictated the Presidents determination on this point of the 16th cur[ren]t (and announced to me on the 18th) which ought not to have...
53Enclosure I: Josef de Jaudenes to Edmund Randolph, 16 August 1794 (Jefferson Papers)
With no small concern I see myself obliged to inform you, that no progress has been made in the negociation pending between the King my master and the United States on account of the reason I so often gave your predecessor, by writing and conversation, that His Majesty would enter into no Treaty if the powers delegated to the Ministers of the States were not ample or that they had private...
54From John Jay to Edmund Randolph, 2 August 1794 (Jay Papers)
I had the Honor of writing to you on the 31 ult: That Letter was sent to Falmouth in Hopes it would reach Doct r . Edwards before he sailed from Hence for Boston. He went from here on Tuesday last. I enclose a copy— That Letter mentioned my having presented an official Representation to Lord Grenville on the Subject of Spoliations &c a . to which his Lordship had given me Reason to expect an...
55From John Jay to Edmund Randolph, 2 February 1795 (Jay Papers)
It occurs to me that I have omitted to inform you that after signing the Treaty, I took the three first opportunities which offered of writing to our Minister at Paris, “that it contained an express declaration that nothing contained in it, should be construed or operate against existing Treaties between the United and other powers.[”] The following are Copies of those Letters— It gives me...
56From John Jay to Edmund Randolph, 21 November 1794 (Jay Papers)
On the 19 th Inst. a Treaty was signed— the next Day it was, together with my letters to You, N o . 21—22—& 23. despatched to the Packet at Falmouth, which had been detained.— I now send You duplicates of them all, by M r . Blaney, a Gentleman of Virginia, recommended to me by Gov[erno] r . Lee. The earliest advices from you will be expedient. There are articles in this Treaty which will give...
57From John Jay to Edmund Randolph, 12 July 1794 (Jay Papers)
I had yesterday the Honor of seeing Lord Grenville— He assured me that no unnecessary Delays should retard a full Discussion of the points in Question; and observed that the new arrangement of the ministry involved the necessity of Time for their being all informed and consulted. In this assurance I have perfect confidence. we had an informal Conversation relative to Simcoe’s hostile measure—...
58From John Jay to Edmund Randolph, 13 September 1794 (Jay Papers)
I have had the pleasure of recieving yours by M r Fisher. He called when I was from Home. Then directly afterwards I was so engaged in public Business, that I could not return his visit immediately. The moment I could find Liesure for the purpose, I called with Col. Trumbull at his Lodgings; and was mortified to learn that he had just gone to Liverpool. I hope on his Return to see him, and...
59From John Jay to Edmund Randolph, 31 March 1792, enclosing Report to the Board of Trustees of the Sinking Fund, 31 March … (Jay Papers)
The Chief Justice of the United States presents his compliments to the Attorney General, and requests the favor of him to lay before the Board of trustees, the opinion herewith enclosed, on the question stated in their act of the 26th instant, a copy of which the Chief Justice yesterday received, enclosed in the letter which the Attorney General did him the honor to write on the 29th instant....
Your Excellency’s ^ Letter ^ was delivered ^ to ^ me this morning. The interpretation of the Council appears to me to be right. I however regret that there was room for doubt; for in my opinion the command of American Vessels should be confined to American Citizens. I have the honor to be with great Respect & c . LbkC , DNA: Domestic Letters Domestic Letters of the Department of State,...