1111From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Parker, 12 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of February 25th. and have forwarded the certificate you requested to the Secretary of War with true consideration &c ( Df , in the handwriting of Philip Church, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
1112From Alexander Hamilton to ———, 23 July 1802 (Hamilton Papers)
[ July 23, 1802. The description of this letter in the dealer’s catalogue reads: “enclosing a letter of introduction to ‘Mr. Lowel, Son of Judge Lowel deceased, who is a very respected member of the Essex Junto’ & mentioning a financial matter.” Letter not found. ] ALS , sold at Swann Auction Galleries, April 27, 1944, Lot 132. Letter not found. John Lowell, Jr., a Federalist lawyer from...
1113From Alexander Hamilton to Jedediah Huntington, 26 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November 26, 1791. Orders Huntington to “pay annually to the Surveyor of Stonington the Sum allowed by the Collection law.…” Letter not found. ] LS , sold at Swann Galleries, May 19, 1949, Lot 12. “An Act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or...
1114From Alexander Hamilton to Sharp Delany, 13 September 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, September 13, 1789. On September 19, 1789, Delany wrote to Hamilton : “I acknowledge the recpt of Yours … of the 13th Inst, one by the Post covering a Letter to the Comptrolle[r].” Letter not found. ] Delany was appointed collector of customs at Philadelphia on August 4, 1789.
1115From Alexander Hamilton to Major General William Heath, [26 July 1779] (Hamilton Papers)
[ West Point, July 26, 1779. ] Requests Heath to attend “a Council to be held at Head Quarters this afternoon.” ALS , Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston. On the same day, H wrote a similar, but slightly differently worded, letter to Brigadier General Anthony Wayne ( ALS , Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia).
1116From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [29 December 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor to enclose for the consideration of the President, the translation of a letter of the 27 of December, which he has received from Mr de la Forest. He will wait upon the President on Monday for his orders concerning the subject of it. LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Letter from Antoine René Charles Mathurin de La Forest not found.
1117From Alexander Hamilton to Charles Pettit, [23 May 1778–1781] (Hamilton Papers)
Col: Hamiltons Compliments to Mr Petit will be obliged to him, if he can give him any hope of soon having the saddle, he was so kind to undertake to procure for him. At present he is a sad dismounted knight. AL , Yale University Library. Pettit, a resident of New Jersey, was assistant quartermaster general in the Continental Army from March 2, 1778, to June 20, 1781.
1118From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 18 March 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, March 18, 1791. “Inclosed is a copy of a Letter of the same date with this to the Commissioner of Loans for the State of Massachusetts. You will do what is therein mentioned in reference to yourself.…” L[S] , RG 36, Collector of Customs at Boston, Letters from the Treasury, 1789–1808, National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to the Collector at Boston, National Archives;...
1119From Alexander Hamilton to Baron von Steuben, [12 June 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
You will be pleased at His Excellency’s desire to assemble all the Officer’s commanding batalions of Militia at your Quarters this afternoon four oClock to settle a general plan for the disposition of the Militia. I have the honor to be Yr. most Obed ser ALS , facsimile in Sammlung historisch berühmter Autographen Erste Serie (Stuttgart, 1846), 257. No addressee is given on this letter, but...
1120From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 6 September 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I enclose to you a letter from Col. Powell in recommendation of Mr. Wyllys Silliman—Col. Parker, in his letter of the twenty eighth of August again urges the appointment of Mr. Robert Little heretofore recommended to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Jon. C. Williams by him as an officer in the eighth regiment. With great respect I am Sir & & ( Df , in the handwriting of...