Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Andrew G. Fraunces, 2 August 1793

From Andrew G. Fraunces1

Philadelphia, August 2, 1793.
Five o’clock, P. M.

Sir,

As I informed you on the 30th. instant,2 I have written to the President,3 and have stated the claim I hold upon the public, on account of the Treasury warrants presented by me to you for acceptance, to which I have received no answer. I now inform you that I shall, unless I receive a more satisfactory answer than I have from you (seeing I have received none from the President) state every thing I know relative to the affair to the People—the Umpire—who are to judge of the conduct of their servants, and by whose decision I will only abide.

P. S. By the bearer I expect an answer.

I am Sir, your obedient servant,

Andrew G. Fraunces,
Filbert-Street.

Mr. Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury.

Fraunces, An Appeal description begins [Andrew G. Fraunces], An Appeal to the Legislature of the United States, and to the Citizens Individually, of the Several States, Against the Conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury. By Andrew G. Fraunces, Citizen of the State of New-York, Late in the Treasury of the United States. “E tenebris elucidit lux.” Printed for Andrew G. Fraunces, Esq. (n.p., 1793). description ends , 13–14.

1. For background to this letter, see Fraunces to H, May 16, June 10, July 1, 1793; H to Fraunces, May 18, July 2, 1793.

2. Fraunces intended to write “ultimo.” In the pamphlet from which this letter is taken, no letter from Fraunces to H of July 30, 1793, appears; but Fraunces does mention H’s letter of July 2, 1793, and states: “Several times after the receipt of which answer, I saw Mr. Hamilton, from whose conversation I could draw no other conclusion, than that my demand would be satisfied after the balance outstanding was secured to the benefit of some persons best known to himself.… I therefore, after obtaining from a gentleman in Philadelphia, certain printed documents, explanatory of the situation of the warrants, stating particularly the appropriation—the amount paid, and the balance remaining to be paid, drew up the following representation to the President” (Fraunces, An Appeal description begins [Andrew G. Fraunces], An Appeal to the Legislature of the United States, and to the Citizens Individually, of the Several States, Against the Conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury. By Andrew G. Fraunces, Citizen of the State of New-York, Late in the Treasury of the United States. “E tenebris elucidit lux.” Printed for Andrew G. Fraunces, Esq. (n.p., 1793). description ends , 7–8).

3. Fraunces to George Washington, July 30, 1793 (ALS, RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters, 1790–1799, National Archives). This letter is printed in Fraunces, An Appeal description begins [Andrew G. Fraunces], An Appeal to the Legislature of the United States, and to the Citizens Individually, of the Several States, Against the Conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury. By Andrew G. Fraunces, Citizen of the State of New-York, Late in the Treasury of the United States. “E tenebris elucidit lux.” Printed for Andrew G. Fraunces, Esq. (n.p., 1793). description ends , 8–11.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Andrew G. Fraunces, 2 August 1793
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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Andrew G. Fraunces, 2 August 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-15-02-0130. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 15, June 1793 – January 1794, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1969, pp. 164–165.]

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