481Introductory Note: Notes on the History of North and South America, [December 1786] (Hamilton Papers)
The Legal Papers of Alexander Hamilton“… we agreed on nine Gentlemen to be our Judges any five to form a quorum. Mr. Robt. Hanson Harrison, Chief Justice of Maryland (formerly Secretary to General Washington) was named by both parties. Mr. Tho. Johnson an eminent Lawyer lately Governour of Maryland, Mr. George Reade of Delaware, Mr. Isaac Smith one of...
482Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
Smith was allowed a brief period to rest before GW, Major General Lafayette, Brig. Gen. Henry Knox, GW’s aide-de-camp Alexander Hamilton, and GW’s secretary Robert Hanson Harrison interrogated him. The intense session frustrated the questioners, who heard inconsistencies in Smith’s answers and suspected that he was withholding information. Fear rose in Smith, which the arrival of André under a...
In a fortnight the agents of the two states had agreed on a panel of nine judges, four chosen from each side’s list, with Robert Hanson Harrison, the chief justice of Maryland, the nominee of both sides. agreement on retaining of Alexander Hamilton and Samuel Jones as counsel, 9 June 1785, C,
484Editorial Note: Fixing the Seat of Government (Jefferson Papers)
..., including the more experienced British-born architect Joseph Clark who had demonstrated his talents in his work on the public buildings at Annapolis. A few months before the choice was made, Chancellor Hanson of Maryland, a man whom Washington respected and who was well acquainted with what Clark had done for the capital of Maryland, recommended him to the President in these words: “I...
485Editorial Note: Tench Coxe Seeks Office as Comptroller of the Treasury (Jefferson Papers)
Whether he learned of Wolcott’s refusal from Wadsworth or some other, Alexander Hamilton himself urged Wolcott’s acceptance. “Your friends having expressed a doubt of your acceptance,” Hamilton wrote Wolcott on the day after his appointment was confirmed, “I cannot forbear saying, that I shall be happy to..., 25); Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [Nov. 1789] (