Mr. & Mrs. Hanson are highly flattered by having it in their power to acknowledge the honor of an invitation to dine with Mr. & Mrs. Adams, and certainly do not regret less than Mr. & Mrs. Adams the circumstances which...
2To 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.”
3From 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.
4To George Washington from Alexander Contee Hanson, 14 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
Hanson is referring to Philadelphia wine merchant Henry Hill.
5Certificate 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...
6Report 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.
7From George Washington to Alexander Contee Hanson, 18 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
To Alexander Contee Hanson
8George Washington to Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and … (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot
9Commission to Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, [30 November 1778] (Hamilton Papers)
To Lieut Colonel Rob Hanson Harrison Lieut Colonel Alexander HamiltonIn virtue of these powers, you the said Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton are appointed and I do hereby appoint you Commissioners, to repair to Amboy in the State of New jersey on Monday the 7 of December, then and there, or at such other place as shall be afterwards...
10From James Madison to Alexander C. Hanson, 1 January 1817 (Madison Papers)
Alexander Contee Hanson was elected to the Senate, to replace Robert Goodloe Harper of Maryland, who had resigned on 6 Dec. 1816. Hanson took his seat on 2 Jan. 1817.