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.