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To Thomas Jefferson from Alexander Hamilton, 6 March 1792

From Alexander Hamilton

Treasury Department March 6th. 1792

Sir

In consequence of the application of Mr. Andw. Ellicot, I have the honor to transmit you the Official copy of the Survey of the tract of Land purchased by the State of Pennsylvania from the United States.

As I conceive this as an original paper filed of record in this Office in the Execution of an Act of the Legislature, I must ask the favor of your returning it to the Treasury as soon as you shall have caused a copy of it to be made.—I have the honor to be very respectfully1 Sir, your most obedt Servant,

Alexander Hamilton

RC (DLC); in clerk’s hand except for signature and two words in complimentary close (see note 1); endorsed by TJ as received 6 Mch. 1792 and so recorded in SJL.

1. Previous two words added by Hamilton.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Alexander Hamilton, 6 March 1792
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    6 March 1792

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Alexander Hamilton, 6 March 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-23-02-0190. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 23, 1 January–31 May 1792, ed. Charles T. Cullen. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990, p. 228.]

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