11To 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...
12To 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...
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 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. (
15Tobias 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 (
16To 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.
17To Alexander Hamilton from John Fitzgerald, 20 November 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Samuel Hanson.
18To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Lee, 29 January 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Samuel Hanson.
19To Alexander Hamilton from John Fitzgerald, [July 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
Samuel Hanson.
20To Alexander Hamilton from Richard Harison and Samuel Jones, [18 November 1789] (Hamilton Papers)
From Richard Hanson and Samuel Jones