1Enclosure: Schedule E, [9 January 1790] (Hamilton Papers)
SCHEDULE E Abstract of the Public Debt of the States Undermentioned, Agreeably to Statements Transmitted in Pursuance of the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st of September, 1789. Massachusetts Dollars. Cents. Principal with interest to the 1st day of Nov. 1789. £. 1,548,040 7 9 Lawful. Due to sundries for which no certificates have yet been issued, 20,000 Total,...
That by the return of ordinance and stores taken from the enemy in the Northern department from the 19 Sept. to 17 Oct. inclusive it appears, there were only 4647 muskets, which are returned “unfit for service,” 3477 bayonets without scabbards, 638 cartouch boxes, 1458 cutlasses without scabbards, 6000 dozen musket cartridges, 1135 ready or fixed shot for 32 peices of cannon, and only 15...
3To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, 22 March 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, March 22, 1792 . The calendar summary of this letter reads as follows: “Similar letter of appreciation.” Letter not found .] Letter listed in “Calendar Summary of Philip Schuyler and Alexander Hamilton Papers,” Personal Miscellaneous, Box 6, Schuyler, MS Division, New York Public Library. See Duer to H, March 21, 1792 .
4To George Washington from William Duer, 24 January 1783 (Washington Papers)
I had the Honor of recieving by Post your Excellency’s letter of the 22d Inst. Your Requisition for the reserve Magazine in Forts Harkimer & Rensselear shall be instantly Complied with. I have the honor to be with Respect, Your Excellency’s Most Obedt Humbl. Servt for Daniel Parker & Co. DLC : Papers of George Washington.
I am just arived at this place from N. York where I have conversed with Gen. l Washington on the purport of the Letter from the secret Committee— Gen s Putnam and Mifflin have made an exact survey of the River opposite Mount Washington and find that the depths in no part exceeds 7 fathoms—the width however of the Channel (which is from 3 to 7 F. s ) is not much less than 1000 Yd s . the...
6To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, 13 January 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
As I Owe to your kind Interposition the Permission I have obtained from the Secretary of the Treasury to reside with my Family in the Liberties ’till remanded, so I trust with Confidence that your friendly Exertions will not be wanting to insure to me a Continuance of this Priviledge. Colo. Giles the Marshall has within these few days Expressed a Doubt to one of my Fellow Prisoners, that this...
7To Thomas Jefferson from William Duer, 26 April 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
New York, 26 Apr. 1788 . Asks TJ to deliver a letter to Daniel Parker which is enclosed. RC ( MHi ); addressed and endorsed; signed by Duer as secretary to the commissioners of the treasury. The enclosed letter to Parker has not been found.
8To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, [24 December 1790] (Hamilton Papers)
I learn with inexpressible Concern, that your Health still Continues in an Equivocal State: all your Friends here Entertain on this Subject the most serious Anxiety, and I am constantly required to Impress on you the necessity of some Relaxation from the laborious Duties of your Office. In the Executing this Task, I obey the Impulse of my own Heart, let me therefore Entreat in public...
9To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, 16 August 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, August 16, 1791. On August 17, 1791, Hamilton wrote to Duer : “I have received your two letters of the 12th and 16th.” Letter of August 16 not found. ]
10To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, [16 August 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. King delivered me your Letter on the Subject of the Sudden Rise of Scrip, which I observe has occasioned in your mind a great Alarm. Those who impute to my Artifices the Rise of this Species of Stock in the Market, beyond its true Point of Value do me infinite Injustice. The Fact is that as far as my Opinion public or Private could have an Effect I have mentioned to the Dealers, in Stocks,...
11To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, 15 October 1782 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Albany, October 15, 1782. On October 15, 1782 , Hamilton wrote to Duer: “In answer to your letter of this date.” Letter not found. ]
12To James Madison from William Duer, 23 June 1788 (Madison Papers)
As it is probable you may not hear by this Post from our Mutual Frend Colo. Hamilton, I take the Liberty of giving you a Short Sketch of our political Prospects, in this Quarter, on the great Question of the Constitution. My Information is from Colo. Laurence, who left Pokepsie on Saturday. A Considerable Majority of the Convention are undoubtedly Anti-federal; or in other Words, wish for...
13To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, 16 August 1782 (Hamilton Papers)
You wish to be informed what, I conceive, will be the Amount of the Monies necessary for defraying the Charges of the Northern Contract, from the first of April to the last day of December; and what Proportion of that Sum will be Expended within the State. Unless a Considerable Reinforcement of Troops should be ordered into this Quarter (of which at present there does not appear a great...
14To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, 13 January 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, January 13, 1799. The summary of this letter reads: “Thanks for Hamilton’s interposition with Wolcott.” Letter not found. ] Letter listed in “Calendar Summary of Philip Schuyler and Alexander Hamilton Papers,” Personal Miscellaneous, Box 6, Schuyler, MS Division, New York Public Library. See Wolcott to H, September 19, 1798 .
15To George Washington from William Duer, 5 June 1784 (Washington Papers)
My Freind Mr Sayre, late Sheriff of the City of London, has Thoughts of Establishing himself in your State; and from his present Ideas, it is most probable his Choice will be not far distant from your Excellencys Seat —My long Acquaintance with him in England (where he was beloved and Respected by an Extensive and polite Circle of Freinds) had riveted him deeply in my Affections; and I cannot...
16To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, 12 August 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, August 12, 1791. On August 17, 1791, Hamilton wrote to Duer : “I have received your two letters of the 12th and 16th.” Letter of August 12 not found. ] Duer, a prominent New York financier and speculator, had served as Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury from September, 1789, until early in 1790.
17To Thomas Jefferson from William Duer, 10 September 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
[New York], 10 Sep. 1787. Asks TJ to forward an enclosure which missed the British packet. RC ( MHi ); 2 p.; signed by Duer as secretary of the “Board of Treasury.” Recorded in SJL as received 15 Oct. 1787. Enclosure not identified.
18To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, 22 March 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I know not how to Express to you the Consolation I have derived in reading your Letter: to preserve your Affection, and to deserve it—is my Principal, and Ardent wish—this I am sure will be the Case, if I strictly follow the Line you mark out . The Object of this Letter which I send by Express—is to know precisely what Idea you Assess to the Term fair Creditor —which you use in your Letter....
19To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, [11 December 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
I was in hopes not to have troubled you again on any Subject of a Pecuniary, but my Necessities constrain me to sollicit the Loan of Fifteen Dollars. In the Course of three or four Months I shall have it in my Power to reimburse this, and the former Advances you was so obliging to make me. I know you have use for all your Profession brings in, but Necessity constrains me to borrow out of your...
20To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, 21 March 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, March 21, 1792 . The calendar summary of this letter reads as follows: “‘Your letter of the 14th has been Balm to my Soul.… You shall never blush to call me your friend.’ Sends letter by the surveyor of Gallipolis. Recommends that settlement.” Letter not found .] Letter listed in “Calendar Summary of Philip Schuyler and Alexander Hamilton Papers,” Personal Miscellaneous, Box 6,...
21Promissory Note from William Duer, [29 July 1789] (Hamilton Papers)
Forty days after Date I promise to pay to Alexander Hamilton on order for Value received the Sum of Two thousand Specie Dollars. ADS , New-York Historical Society, New York City. Duer, financier and merchant, had been appointed secretary of the Board of Treasury in March, 1786. He was soon to serve under H as Assistant to the Secretary of the newly organized Treasury Department. H’s signature...
22To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, [16 February 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
I have risen from a Sleepless Bed, with a Mind too distracted to Write to you. Whilst my memory still serves to mention to you certain Circumstances relative to my Accounts with the United States, and the Situation of my Family I wish to see you. How long this will be the Case God only knows!—he is a better Judge of what I am than Man, and at his Tribunal only I Expect Justice. The Sympathy...
23To George Washington from William Duer, 2 March 1777 (Washington Papers)
I should have done myself the Honour of Answering your Excellency’s Letter of the 3d Febry last but have not as yet been Able to Learn from Colo. Weisenfelts, or Mr John Livingston whether, with the Assistance of a proper Major, they would engage to raise a 6th Battallion in this State. I expect to see Mr Livingston here every Moment, and shall then Inform your Excellency with the Result of...
24To John Jay from William Duer, 3 January 1777 (Jay Papers)
Two Men, who have enlisted with Rogers were taken two or three Days ago, who declare that they deserted in consequence of a Report, which Prevails in the Enemy’s Camp, that the Convention had issued a Proclamation of Pardon to those who had joind the Enemy— From the Character of these Men there is little Doubt but they speak Truth— I would therefore earnestly recommend it to you to publish...
25To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, 12 March 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I find by a Letter from Colo. Wadsworth that News has arrived there of my hav[in]g skipt Payment. The Fact is that I have been compelled to do it, with Respect to a certain Description of Notes, which were issued by my agent during my absence from this City—the Circumstances are too long and too Painful to detail: you shall know them on my Arrival in Phila. for which Place I will certainly set...
26To George Washington from William Duer, 4 November 1788 (Washington Papers)
Mr Warville who will do me Favor of presenting this Letter, has been particularly introduced to Colo. Wadsworth, Colo. Hamilton, and myself, by our Freinds in France, as a Gentleman truly attach’d to the Interests of this Country, and capable, from his Talents, of making such a Representation of our present State, and future Prospects, as may Efface the unfavorable Impressions, which the...
27To George Washington from William Duer, 11 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
Since my Arrival in this City I have received a Peice of Information which I esteem it my Duty to communicate to you. Mrs Lewis Junr (Daughter of Mr Lewis late a Member in Congress from our State) who is returned about three Weeks since from a Visit to her Sister in the City of New York informs me, “that it was currently asserted by a Number of Persons of Character in that Town that Mr Thomas...
28From William Duer to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 8 June 1825 (Adams Papers)
Presuming upon an acquaintance it was my happiness to form, many years ago, and upon the experience it afforded me of your affability and kindness, I venture, after this lapse of time, and the changes it has produced, to obtrude myself on your recollection, and to solicit your aid in submitting to the consideration of the President, a statement, which nothing but a sense of duty to those who...
29Enclosure: From William Duer, [1 October 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
The Undersigned having obtained permission from the Secretary of the Treasury of the united states by his Letter of the 19th of September last directed to the Keeper of the Prison of the City of New york—to reside within the Liberties assigned by Law to the Jail of the City and County of New york Does hereby engage not to depart beyond the said Limits and to return to Confinement when required...
30To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, 30 May 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Amidst the Embarassments in which I am involved there is one which perplexes me not a little: not only on my own account, but as to its Consequences respecting others. The matter I allude to you, is an Agreement, made with the Ohio Company—by Mr. Cragie, Flint, and myself in behalf of the Scioto Proprietors, for the Purchase of a Tract of Land, to accommodate the present Settlers at...