51To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, [13 July 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, July 13, 1792. On July 26, 1792, Hamilton wrote to Delany : “I have considered the case represented in your letter of the 13. instant.” Letter not found. ]
52To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, [23 July 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, July 23, 1792. On July 26, 1792, Hamilton wrote to Delany : “I approve of the arrangement proposed in your letter of the 23rd, instant.” Letter not found. ]
53To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, [24 September 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, September 24, 1792. On September 24, 1792, Hamilton wrote to Delany : “In answer to your letter of this day.” Letter not found. ]
54To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, 4 October 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] October 4, 1792 . “Mr Thomas Lea of this City Merchant has informed me of his address to you respecting a quantity of Rum shipped by him for Dublin, and there refused by the Consignee and the whole returned without his knowledge and greatly to his damage. I informed Mr Lea of the necessity of having your opinion & instructions on this subject.… I in-close Mr Lea’s state of the...
55To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, 26 November 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November 26, 1792. On December 13, 1792, Hamilton wrote to Delany : “I received … your letter of the 26th. Ultimo.” Letter not found. ] Delany was collector of customs at Philadelphia.
56To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, 24 July 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, July 24, 1793. At a meeting on August 5, 1793, the cabinet discussed “Mr. Delany’s letter of the 24th of July on the question whether duties are to be paid on prize goods landed for sale.” Letter not found. ] An entry in JPP “Journal of the Proceedings of the President,” George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. for July 26, 1793, reads as follows: “The Secretary of the...
57To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, 6 January 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, January 6, 1795. On January 15, 1795, Edmund Randolph wrote to George Hammond, the British Minister to the United States, “respecting the privateer Les Jumeaux” and enclosed “Jan 6 1795 Copy of a Letter from the Collector of the port of Philadelphia to the Secretary of the Treasury enclosing, Report of the Militia Officers of Delaware, and of Captain Montgomery of the Revenue...
58To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, William Macpherson, and Walter Stewart, 12 January 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, January 12, 1795. “Among that Class of your Fellow Citizens, who truly lament your intended Resignation, We also as Officers of The Revenue of this District, beg leave to assure you, We feel it in the most sensible Degree. And if the warmest heartfelt Sentimen⟨ts⟩ of your Conduct, as a Statesman and in your Official Duties, can be pleasing or Usefull to your Feelings, We in the...
59To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, 22 January 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, January 22, 1795. On January 24, 1795, Hamilton wrote to Delany : “I return herewith the papers transmitted with your letter of the 22d. of January.” Letter not found. ]
60To George Washington from Sharp Delany, 20 April 1789 (Washington Papers)
To obtain the Collectorship of the Port of Philadelphia from Your Excellency is the object of my present application. By the advice of many of my friends I am induced to trouble you with a detail of my pretensions, and chearfully submit them to Your Excellency, being firmly persuaded, that no person will be nominated by You to any Office, unless he has such claims and abilities as are just and...
61To Thomas Jefferson from Sharp Delany, 21 November 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I was not in the Office when your Note of this day came to hand.—I would wish therefore to advise You, that by Law when an Owner or Master clearing out a Vessell demands a Clearance without a specification of the Cargo it runs as follows—“Goods Wares and Merchandize as per Manifest filed in this Office,”—otherwise every article is included in the Clearance. The above information may perhaps be...
62To Thomas Jefferson from Sharp Delany, 30 April 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have distributed the Passports which I received Yesterday by Your directions, and there are now applications for a considerable number. In Your Letter of Instruction there is no mention of any Charge, which led me to tell the Merchants I had no authority to receive any fee or emolument, but that I should make the proper inquiry and inform them accordingly. I would therefore beg leave to...