Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to the Directors of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, May–June 1794

To the Directors of the Society for Establishing
Useful Manufactures

[Philadelphia, May–June, 1794. The minutes for the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures for July 1, 1794, read as follows: “Upon reading a letter from Alexr Hamilton Esqr stating that a Suit had been commenced against him by Mr J Mort1 on account of some Engagement that he had entered into on behalf of the Society, Resolved that the Deputy Governour2 be authorised to defend the said Suit & Substitute the Society as Defendant in the place of the said Alexander Hamilton if any Arrangements can be made for that purpose.” Letter not found.]

“Minutes of the S.U.M.,” description begins MS minutes of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, City of Paterson, New Jersey, Plant Management Commission, Successors to the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures. description ends 100.

1. Joseph Mort had been employed by the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures as an “Assistant in the Manufactory.” See H to the Directors of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, December 7, 1791. On April 16, 1793, the directors had adopted the following resolution: “The Directors taking into consideration the situation of the funds of the Society and the propriety of retrenching every expence not immediately necessary, Resolved that Joseph Mort be no longer continued in the employ of this Society, and that his Salary be discontinued from the first of May next” (“Minutes of the S.U.M.,” description begins MS minutes of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, City of Paterson, New Jersey, Plant Management Commission, Successors to the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures. description ends 84).

2. John Bayard.

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    Hamilton Papers
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    From Alexander Hamilton to the Directors of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, May–June 1794
    Author
    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Directors of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures
    Date
    May–June 1794

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to the Directors of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, May–June 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-16-02-0394. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 16, February 1794 – July 1794, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972, p. 445.]

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