Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [24 September 1791]

To George Washington

[Treasury Department, September 24, 1791]

Sir,

I have the honor to transmit you a letter of the 8th. of August from Governor St. Clair,1 together with sundry papers which accompanied it; the whole relating to the subject of the Settlements which have been made under purchases from Judge Symmes.2

A: Hamilton

Treasy. Departmt.
24th. Sep. 1791.

LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Letter not found. On November 9, 1791, Washington sent St. Clair’s letter to H to Thomas Jefferson for his consideration (Tobias Lear to Jefferson, November 9, 1791 [AL, RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters, 1790–1791, National Archives]).

2. For the controversy between John Cleves Symmes and Arthur St. Clair, see St. Clair to H, May 25, 1791.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [24 September 1791]
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Washington, George
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    24 September 1791

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [24 September 1791],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-09-02-0193. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 9, August 1791 – December 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1965, pp. 237–238.]

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