1To Alexander Hamilton from John Habersham, 14 November 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
Savannah, November 14, 1789. “… In answer to your letter of the 1st. ultimo, I have to inform you, that the only public Convenience we have in this Port and Harbour, is a Light House on the Island of Tybee.…” ALS , RG 26, Lighthouse Letters Received, Vol. “A,” Pennsylvania and Southern States, National Archives. Habersham was collector of customs at Savannah. “Treasury Department Circular to...
2To Alexander Hamilton from John Habersham, 23 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Savannah, September 23, 1790. Encloses weekly returns. Recommends Captain Hendrick Fisher to command a revenue cutter. ALS , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Habersham was collector of customs at Savannah.
3To Alexander Hamilton from John Habersham, 2 November 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Savannah, November 2, 1790. Discusses plans for the construction of a lighthouse on Tybee Island. ALS , RG 26, Lighthouse Letters Received, Vol. “A,” Pennsylvania and Southern States, National Archives. Habersham was collector of customs at Savannah.
4To Alexander Hamilton from John Habersham, 11 February 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ February 11, 1791. In a letter to Hamilton, dated May 20, 1791 , Habersham referred to “my letter of the 11th. of February last.” Letter not found. ] Habersham was collector of customs at Savannah.
5To Alexander Hamilton from John Habersham, 20 May 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st of March last. I shall observe what you have directed in regard to Captain Backhouse, should the decision be against him. When the Legislature have their next meeting, I shall use my best endeavors to obtain a Cession of the Light House to the United States. In the mean time I have to inform you, that the additions and repairs to...
6To Alexander Hamilton from John Habersham, 25 November 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Savannah, November 25, 1793. On January 16, 1794, Habersham wrote to Hamilton : “In my letter to you of the 25th November last.” Letter not found. ] Habersham was collector of customs at Savannah.
7To Alexander Hamilton from John Habersham, 16 January 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Savannah, January 16, 1794. “The bearer of this letter Mr David Hillhouse is concerned in the Contracts for supplying the Troops in this State, and goes to Philadelphia at the request of the Contractor, for the purpose of endeavouring to obtain such a payment as may enable him to continue those supplies.… In my letter to you of the 25th November last, I mentioned that as the price of grain had...
8To Alexander Hamilton from John Habersham, 21 July 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Savannah, July 21, 1794. On August 19, 1794, Tench Coxe wrote to Habersham: “I received yesterday from the Secy. of the Treasury your letter to him of the 21 Ulo.” Letter not found. ] LC , RG 75, Letters of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of the Revenue, Relating to the Procurement of Military, Naval, and Indian Supplies, National Archives.
9To Alexander Hamilton from John Habersham, 7 December 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, December 7, 1795. Encloses a letter from “Monsr. De Bordes, a French Gentleman, who was formerly an Officer in the Georgia Line.” Describes De Bordes’s service during the American Revolution. ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Habersham served in the American Revolution in the First Georgia Continental Regiment. He was a member of the Continental Congress in 1785 and...
10Ordinance of Georgia Reappointing Benjamin Franklin as Agent, 10 May 1770 (Franklin Papers)
AD (copy): American Philosophical Society [May 10, 1770. The ordinance appoints Franklin for a year from June 1, 1770. Except for the difference of dates the wording is virtually identical with that of the ordinance printed above, February 27, which renewed the appointment until June 1, 1770. The same clerks attested the passage of the act through the Commons House and the Upper House, on May...
11To George Washington from John Habersham, 2 December 1789 (Washington Papers)
The letter which you will herewith receive I beleive respects the appointment of a Collector of the Customs for the Port and District of Brunswick, which is now vacant by the resignation of Mr Handley. Mr Hillary informs me he has applied for it; if he should meet with your approbation, I have no doubt but he will discharge his duty properly, being I beleive a Man of integrity and sufficient...