1From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Walker, William Inman, and William Cooper, 9 September 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, September 9, 1798. Requests “Mr. Inman and Mr. Cooper to agree upon another gentleman who jointly with me as arbitrators may pronounce upon” the account between Inman and Robert Morris. ALS , anonymous donor. Inman was an agent of Patrick Colquhoun, the English speculator who negotiated the Pulteney Associates’ purchase of New York lands from Robert Morris. Cooper, who founded...
2Receipt to William Cooper, [10 March 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
Rec’d five hundred dollars of William Cooper on account of Mr. Churchs Mortgage on lands in Otsego County. Dollars 500 Some months past 1000 1500 DS , anonymous donor. Cooper, the founder of Cooperstown, New York, was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Otsego County on February 17, 1791. From March 4, 1795, to March 3, 1797, he was a Federalist member of the House of...