1To Alexander Hamilton from Terence O’Neill, [20 September 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
A plan having been suggested to establish a Cotton as well as other Manufactories in the United States, on principles devised by your wisdom, and in consequence of which a subscription is set on foot, Mechanics encouraged, and Machines imported to put this National work into execution. Notwithstanding that artists well qualified in every branch necessary to promote the undertaking may be...