1To John Adams from Alexander Contee Hanson, 6 December 1792 (Adams Papers)
A C Hanson
2Tobias Lear to Alexander Hamilton, 9 July 1791 (Washington Papers)
). On 29 July Lear sent Rue’s letter and commission to Thomas Jefferson, along with those of Edmund Pendleton, Thomas Johnson, Thomas Pinckney, John Marshall, Robert Hanson Harrison, George Nicholas, Nathaniel Gilman, Richard Stockton, and John Rutledge, Sr., to be filed in the records of the State Department (
3To Alexander Hamilton from Benjamin Grymes, 23 November 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
Robert Hanson Harrison, who had also been one of Washington’s aides during the Revolution, was called the “old secretary” by members of Washington’s official family.
4To Alexander Hamilton from John Fitzgerald, 20 November 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Samuel Hanson.
5To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Lee, 29 January 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Samuel Hanson.
6To Alexander Hamilton from John Fitzgerald, [July 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
Samuel Hanson.
From Richard Hanson and Samuel Jones
8To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Lee, 29 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
For background concerning the dispute between Lee and Samuel Hanson, surveyor at the port of Alexandria, see
9To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Lee, 21 November 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
Samuel Hanson.
10From George Washington to Alexander Contee Hanson, 7 March 1796 (Washington Papers)
Hanson’s letter has not been found.Samuel Chase, recently appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court, was, like Hanson, from Maryland.
11From George Washington to Alexander Contee Hanson, 18 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
To Alexander Contee Hanson
12From Alexander Hamilton to Robert Hanson Harrison, [27 November 1789] (Hamilton Papers)
To Robert Hanson Harrison
13From George Washington to Robert Hanson Harrison, 28 September 1789 (Washington Papers)
Robert Hanson Harrison (1745–1790) was born in Charles County, Md., but moved to Virginia before 1765 when he was certified to practice law in Fairfax County. Harrison was active in Patriot circles in Alexandria in the early 1770s......). Alexander Hamilton also urged Harrison to reconsider: “One of your objections I think will be removed—I mean that which relates to the nature of the...
14From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 10 October 1790 (Washington Papers)
For GW’s New York landlord, Alexander Macomb, and Lear’s dealings with him, see Samuel Hanson to GW, 19 Feb. 1789, n.2
15From Alexander Hamilton to Charles Lee, 18 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
The letter which Samuel Hanson, surveyor of the customs at Alexandria, wrote to H has not been found. On March 10, 1792, however, Hanson wrote to George Washington as follows:Hanson continues his letter to Washington by complaining that Lee is absent for most of the year and asks if the acts of Lee’s deputy are valid and binding upon himself. (
16From Thomas Jefferson to James Lyle, 7 March 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
...Co. and Henderson, McCaul & Co. at Richmond on 4 Mch. 1790 in the amount of £1,402 11s. 2d. plus interest. In addition to the seven bonds noted there as given by TJ to Richard Hanson for £4,444 5s. 8d. as his share of the debt of the estate of John Wayles to Farell & Jones, TJ gave to James Lyle six bonds to Henderson, McCaul & Co. for that debt.... ...certain paiments to Alexander McCaul for...
17From George Washington to James McHenry, 30 November 1789 (Washington Papers)
Mr Hanson is the person whom I now have it in contemplation to bring forward as District Judge of Maryland, and shall do so, provided I can obtain an assurance that such an appointment would be acceptable to him: But......papers that Mr Hanson has been appointed Chancellor of the State since the death of Mr Rogers. What the emoluments of this Office are—or its tenure—I know not, therefore can...
18From George Washington to the United States Senate, 24 September 1789 (Washington Papers)
12:298–300). A number of names were put forward for chief justice, among them John Rutledge of South Carolina, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and Robert Hanson Harrison of Maryland. James Wilson of Pennsylvania applied for the post (see ). That there was apprehension in some quarters that Alexander Hamilton might be offered the post of chief justice is indicated by a letter from ...Hanson...
19From George Washington to the United States Senate, 6 March 1792 (Washington Papers)
Alexander MooreSamuel Hanson
20To George Washington from Alexander Contee Hanson, 22 February 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
from Alexander Contee Hanson, . On 7 March, GW wrote Hanson: “Your letter of the 22d Ulto has been duly received.”
21To George Washington from Alexander Contee Hanson, 14 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
Hanson is referring to Philadelphia wine merchant Henry Hill.
22To George Washington from Alexander Contee Hanson, 9 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
. Hanson was
chancellor of Maryland.
23To George Washington from Alexander Contee Hanson, 2 August 1790 (Washington Papers)
In a 10 Nov. 1790 letter of introduction that Clark apparently presented to GW at Mount Vernon in November 1790, Maryland chancellor Alexander Contee Hanson repeated his opinion that “there is no person in America better qualified for executing the trust, or employment, which he sollicits” (
24To George Washington from Samuel Hanson, 10 March 1792 (Washington Papers)
Hanson’s letter to Alexander Hamilton, which must have been written before 18 Jan. 1792, has not been identified (see Hamilton to Charles Lee, 18 Jan., n.3, in Hanson had written GW on 14 Oct. 1791 about Charles Lee’s excessive absences from his post as collector of the port of Alexandria. The enclosed copy of Lee’s letter to Hanson of 9 Jan. 1792 reads: “Having revised the Laws of Congress...
25To George Washington from Samuel Hanson (of Samuel), 14 October 1791 (Washington Papers)
Samuel Hanson of Samuel (c.1752–1830) was surveyor for the port of Alexandria, Va., under collector Charles Lee. The unique form of his name served to distinguish him from two other Samuel Hanson, Jrs., who contemporaneously came of age with him in Charles County, Maryland. GW nominated Hanson excise inspector for Alexandria on 6 Mar. 1792 (Hanson is quoting from sec. 7 of “An Act to provide...
26To George Washington from David Stuart, 5 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
The conversation happened at dinner at Marlborough, in the presence of many and I have heard it spoke of by many since, and with but little variation—Mr Samuel Hanson among others, informed me as I passed through Alexa., that his Brother Coll Thomas Hanson, who heard Coll Mercer, at the same time with Mr Bayly, had given him the same idea of Coll Hamilton’s having offered Coll Mercer a bribe,...
27To George Washington from John Fitzgerald, 23 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
Samuel Hanson to GW, 22
October...Fitzgerald was collector for the port of Alexandria. Gray wrote GW on this date: “Being informed that Colo. Hanson intends to resign his office as Surveyor of this District, I take the liberty, from my knowledge of the duties of that Department, to offer my self as his Successor, should you think me qualified to execute the...
28To George Washington from Christopher Richmond, 7 March 1791 (Washington Papers)
I have for some days past expected Letters of recommendation to Your Excellency, from Colonel Plater Colonel Fitzhugh, Chancellor Hanson, Mr Paca, and others; but as I am informed you will leave this City in a few days; I have taken the liberty of presenting the enclosed without waiting for their arrival....GW on 21 Dec. 1790, by John Eager Howard, who wrote to GW on 15 Mar. 1791, by Alexander...
29To George Washington from Joseph Clark, 5 December 1790 (Washington Papers)
Alexander Contee Hanson to GW, 2 Aug. 1790, note 1. Carrying letters of introduction from Hanson and Thomas Johnson, Clark visited GW at Mount Vernon sometime between 12 and 21 Nov. 1790 and presented GW with a plan for the Federal City. Clark’s plan has not been found, but from the description provided...
30To George Washington from Daniel Delozier, 8 August 1793 (Washington Papers)
). Alexander Contee Hanson, chancellor of Maryland, wrote GW from Annapolis on 13 Aug. that because Delozier “has not the honour of being personally known to you, I take the liberty of informing you, that I have for several years been...
31To George Washington from John Kilty, 23 July 1794 (Washington Papers)
Alexander Contee Hanson’s letter to GW of 22 July assured him that Kilty "possesses, in a superiour degree, the qualifications requisite for discharging this important office, with advantage to the public, and that I believe, there is no man...
32To George Washington from David Stuart, 18 April 1792 (Washington Papers)
Alexander Contee Hanson to GW, 2 Aug. 1790, note 1
33To George Washington from Tobias Lear, 2 December 1796 (Washington Papers)
For Lear’s earlier advice respecting Alexander Smith’s debt, see GW to Samuel Hanson, 23 July 1797
34To George Washington from John White, 28 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
. Another letter, one from Alexander C. Hanson to GW dated 14 April 1789 attesting to White’s good character and stating that “in a variety of employments relating to the public accounts, he has served for near ten years, and I verily believe he has...
35Certificate on John Hanson by Anthony L. Bleecker, Peter S. Curentius, Alexander Hamilton, John Lamb, and Hercules … (Hamilton Papers)
We the Subscribers do certify that we were acquainted with Capt John Hanson deceased in his life time, and at an early period of the Revolution of the United States, and have satisfactory grounds to believe that he was firmly attached to the cause of the Revolution and to the liberties of... ...under the fire of a British Man of War, on which occasion the said Capt Hanson was distinguished by...
36Report on the Petition of Alexander Contee Hanson, [28 April 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury, on the petition of Alexander Contee Hanson, referred to him by the House of Representatives on the 25th of January 1791,On January 25, 1791, the House received “A petition of Alexander Contee Hanson, praying compensation for expenses incurred in consequence of an appointment of the late Congress.
37Memorandum Books, 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Gave bonds to HansonRichard Hanson
38February 1790 (Washington Papers)
...to accommodate his family and staff and to maintain the dignity of the presidential office. In spite of the fact that it was expected that Congress might move the capital from New York City, GW decided to lease Alexander Macomb’s mansion at Nos. 39–41 Broadway. “It was one of a block of three houses erected in 1787 and was four stories and an attic high, with a width of fifty-six feet. From...
39[Diary entry: 27 March 1791] (Washington Papers)
The chancellor of Maryland was Alexander Contee Hanson (1749–1806) of Annapolis. In June 1776 he was appointed GW’s assistant secretary at headquarters but resigned a few months later because of bad health. A justice of the Maryland General Court for many years, he...
40March 1791 (Washington Papers)
The chancellor of Maryland was Alexander Contee Hanson (1749–1806) of Annapolis. In June 1776 he was appointed GW’s assistant secretary at headquarters but resigned a few months later because of bad health. A justice of the Maryland General Court for many years, he...
of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton
41I. Memoranda on Candidates and Places for Consular Appointments, [ca. 1 June 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
: Applications for Office under Washington; endorsed by TJ: “Consulate for Civita vecchia. Mr. Carrol’s Letter asking it for Alexander Sloane”). This was really an endorsement of part of a letter from “Mr. Thorpe” reading as follows: “Mr. Alexander Sloane, a Scotch Gentleman, has been settled in business, during several years, at Civita Vecchia, where he has born an uniform character of honesty...
42John Jay’s Opinion, the Circuit Court for the District of Virginia: Ware v. Hylton (formerly Jones v. Walker), [7 June … (Jay Papers)
.... It was agreed that the decision in the case would apply to the rest of the debt suits. The case was argued before the court in November 1791, with Patrick Henry, John Innes, Alexander Campbell, and John Marshall representing the debtors. With only one Supreme Court Justice, Thomas Johnson, and the district judge, Cyrus Griffin, present, John Blair having been called home on account of the...