4301From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [29 December 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor to enclose for the consideration of the President, the translation of a letter of the 27 of December, which he has received from Mr de la Forest. He will wait upon the President on Monday for his orders concerning the subject of it. LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Letter from Antoine René Charles Mathurin de La Forest not found.
4302To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 29 December 1792 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor to enclose for the consideration of the President, the translation of a letter of the 27th of December, which he has received from mister de la Forest. He will wait upon the President on Monday for his orders concerning the subject of it. LB , DLC:GW . Neither the original receiver’s copy nor Hamilton’s translation of the letter from...
4303Conversation with George Hammond, [15–28 December 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
Since this conversation with Mr. Jefferson I have had one with Mr. Hamilton upon the same subject, to whom I expressed similar sentiments, and from whom I have received a letter, of which I have the honor of inclosing a copy, as being explanatory of the actual views of this Government upon this particular point, as far as they can now be defined. Transcript, MS Division, New York Public...
4304From Alexander Hamilton to Sharp Delany, 27 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, December 27, 1792. On the back of a letter which Delany wrote to Hamilton on October 4, 1792, the following words are written: “27 December Answered.” Letter not found. ]
4305From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, 26 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I beg leave to suggest, that it would be useful for the Consuls of the United States, every where to be possessed of the Laws of the U States respecting Commerce & Navigation—giving it as a standing instruction, to make known in the best manner possible, in the parts where they reside those regulations, which are necessary to be complied with abroad by Merchants, & the Owners & Masters of...
4306To Thomas Jefferson from Alexander Hamilton, 26 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg leave to suggest, that it would be useful for the Consuls of the United States, every where to be possesed of the Laws of the U. States respecting Commerce and Navigation—giving it as a Standing instruction, to make known in the best manner possible, in the parts where they reside those regulations, which are necessary to be complied with abroad, by Merchants, and the Owners and Masters...
4307From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, 24 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I request that a further sum of 4034 Dollars & 87 Cents may be advanced to Wm Young & Geo. Dannacker on account of their clothing contract, to be charged as heretofore. This sum added to the former advances will make up the amount of Twenty thousand Dollars. I have the honor to be Gentlemen Your obedt Servt LS , MS Division, New York Public Library. See “Contract with George Dannacker and...
4308From Alexander Hamilton to Henry Knox, 24 December [1792] (Hamilton Papers)
It being among the duties assigned by Law to the Treasury department, to prescribe forms for keeping and rendering all public accounts, I now address you for the purpose of sugg⟨est⟩ing in what manner it will be hereafter expected that the accoun⟨ting⟩ for expenditures in the Indian department be regulated and rendered for settlement. Some forms as essential checks upon the account⟨s⟩ for...
4309From Alexander Hamilton to Jonathan Burrall, 22 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I request that you will invest a further sum not exceeding Forty thousand Dollars in the funded Debt of the united States, bearing a present Interest of six per centum, upon the same principles mentioned in my letter of the 14th instant. The Office of Discount & Deposit will furnish you with the sum, upon the enclosed Letter. I am Sir Your obedt Servt LS , Lloyd W. Smith Collection,...
4310Catullus No. VI, [22 December 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES. If perseverance can supply the want of judgment, Mr. Jefferson has an excellent advocate in the writer of his “ Vindication .” But I mistake, if his last attempt is not found to involve still more deeply the character he wishes to extricate. To repel the imputation on Mr Jefferson, arising from the advice which he gave to Congress respecting the debt to...
4311From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 22 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, December 22, 1792. “Pursuant to an application from John Lee Esqr, Collector of Penobscot, I have to request that you will supply him with a dozen Certificates of Registry without delay.” LS , RG 36, Collector of Customs at Boston, Letters from the Treasury and Others, 1789–1809, Vol. 1, National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to Collectors at Small Ports, “Set G,”...
4312From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [22 December 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury presents his respects to the President. The name of the person who was employed in superintending the erecting of the Lighthouse by Mr. Newton is Lemuel Cornick . The compensation to the Keeper of the Delaware Lighthouse is 266 Dollars and ⅔ of a Dollar. LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Thomas Newton, Jr., inspector of Survey No. 4 in Virginia....
4313To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 22 December 1792 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury presents his respects to the President. The name of the person who was employed in superintending the erecting of the Lighthouse by mister Newton is Lemuel Cornick. The compensation to the Keeper of the Delaware Lighthouse is 266 Dollars and ⅔ of a Dollar. LB , DLC:GW . Thomas Newton, Jr., was responsible for arranging the contract for building the lighthouse at...
4314From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 21 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, December 21, 1792. “The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor respectfully to submit … two Contracts between the Superintendant of the Lighthouse at New London, and Daniel Harris & Nathaniel Richards.… The Contract with Danl. Harris is for his compensation as Keeper of the Lighthouse, and that with Nathaniel Richards for supplying it with oil and other necessaries. The...
4315To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 21 December 1792 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor respectfully to submit to the President of the United States, two Contracts between the Superintendant of the Lighthouse at New London, and Daniel Harris & Nathaniel Richards, together with a letter from the Commissioner of the Revenue; from the date of which it will be seen that these papers have been overlooked for some time, a casualty from which...
4316From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, [20 December 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Treasury Department, December 20, 1792. Letter listed in dealer’s catalogue. Letter not found. ] LS , sold at Goodspeed’s Book Shop, January, 1939, Item 1792.
4317From Alexander Hamilton to Joseph Whipple, 20 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, December 20, 1792. On January 19, 1793, Whipple wrote to Hamilton : “I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th December.” Letter not found. ]
4318From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Hodgdon, [20 December 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Treasury Department, December 20, 1792. “A warrant has been issued this day on the Treasurer in your favor as attorney for James O’Hara Quarter Master General of the Army of the United States … to be applied … to … discharging sundry bills.…” Letter not found. ] LS , sold by Kenneth W. Rendell, Kingston Galleries, Inc., Somerville, Massachusetts, 1969, Catalogue 37, Item 70. Hodgdon was...
4319Report on the Petition of Ludwig Kuhn, 19 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury, to whom was referred the petition of Ludwig Kuhn, by an Order of the House of Representatives, of the 28th of November last, thereupon respectfully makes the following Report: The case is one of those included in a former report to the House, dated the 16th of April 1792, as barred by the Acts of limitation. To remove the objection, which has been made on that...
4320From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [19 December 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury, presenting his respects to the President, submits the enclosed papers concerning the execution of a Contract for building a Well on Cape Henlopen. He will in the course of the week wait on the President for his orders. LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. See Tench Coxe to H, December 18, 1792 .
4321To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 19 December 1792 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury, presenting his respects to the President, submits the enclosed papers concerning the execution of a Contract for building a Well on Cape Henlopen. He will in the course of the week wait on the President for his orders. LB , DLC:GW . For previous correspondence regarding a contract with Abraham Hargis, keeper of the lighthouse at Cape Henlopen, Del., for the...
4322From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Hodgdon, 18 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I am to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of yesterday. That the amount of the Monies received by you for Arms &c. sold to the State of South Carolina, may be ascertained according to the established usage of the Treasury Department, it will be necessary that you present an account thereof with the proper documents at the Auditors Office. A warrant will then issue upon you in favor of the...
4323From Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 18 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Your favours of the 26 of November & 16 instant have duly come to hand. I am ashamed that the former has remained so long unacknowleged; though I am persuaded my friends would readily excuse my delinquencies could they appreciate my situation. Tis not the load of proper official business that alone engrosses me; though this would be enough to occupy any man. Tis not the extra attentions I am...
4324From Alexander Hamilton to Tobias Lear, [18 December 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, December 18, 1792. ] Sends lists of officers of revenue cutters of New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania. LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
4325From Alexander Hamilton to James O’Hara, 18 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, December 18, 1792. On January 10, 1793, O’Hara wrote to Hamilton : “Being absent on Special business, I had not the honor to answer your letter of the 18th ulto. sooner.” Letter not found. ] O’Hara, who had emigrated from Ireland to the United States before the American Revolution, had served during the war in the quartermaster’s department. In the seventeen-eighties he settled...
4326From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [18 December 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
William Richardson of the County of Caroline in the State of Maryland “Inspector of the Revenue for Survey No. 3. of the District of Maryland.” The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor to send above the memorandum which he promised this morning to the President. LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. See Tench Coxe to H, December 14, 1792 .
4327From Alexander Hamilton to James O’Hara, 18 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
It is indispensable that your Account as Quarter Master General should be render’d to the Treasury, up to the end of the present year as soon as possible—and thenceforth regularly after the expiration of every Quarter. It is expected that this Arrangement will be strictly observ’d, it being essentially requisite that any future advances must of necessity be regulated by the issue. I am Sir,...
4328To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton, 18 December 1792 (Jay Papers)
Your favours of the 26 of November & 16 instant have duly come to hand— I am ashamed that the former has remained so long unacknowleged; though I am persuaded my friends would easily readily excuse my delinquencies could they appreciate my situation. Tis not the load of ^proper^ official business that alone engrosses me; though this would be enough to occupy any man. Tis not the extra...
4329From Alexander Hamilton to Tobias Lear, 17 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] December 17, 1792 . “The Secretary of the Treasury … transmits herewith sundry Commissions which from time to time have been returned.” LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
4330From Alexander Hamilton to James Monroe, Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg, and Abraham B. Venable, [17] December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
On reflection, I deem it adviseable for me to have Copies of the several papers which you communicated to me in our interview on Saturday evening, including the notes, and the fragment of Mr. Reynolds’ letter to Mr. Clingman. I therefore request that you will either cause copies of these papers to be furnished to me, taken by the person in whose hand writing the declarations which you shewed...
4331From Alexander Hamilton to Tobias Lear, [15 December 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
The Supervisor of Massachusetts is desirous of permission to come to Philadelphia on urgent private business . I believe the permission may be given him without injury to the service. Will you mention the matter to the President and inform me by a line whether permission may be notified to him or not. Yours &c. LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Nathaniel Gorham. See Tench...
4332Alexander Hamilton to Tobias Lear, 15 December 1792 (Washington Papers)
The Supervisor of Massachusetts is desirous of permission to come to Philadelphia on urgent private business. I believe the permission may be given him without injury to the service. Will you mention the matter to the President and inform me by a line whether permission may be notified to him or not. Your’s &ca LB , DLC:GW . Commissioner of the Revenue Tench Coxe wrote Nathaniel Gorham on 18...
4333From Alexander Hamilton to Jonathan Burrall, 14 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I request you to invest the sum of fifty thousand Dollars in the funded debt of the united states, bearing a present interest of six per [c]entum; provided it can be obtained at 20 shillings in the pound, with an additional allowance of the Interest that shall be due upon the stock to the time of purchase. The transfer of the stock which you may purchase must be made to the President of the...
4334From Alexander Hamilton to Sharp Delany, 14 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, December 14, 1792. “The Revenue Cutter of Georgia being to be provided with Sail Cloth, I have to request that you will purchase upon the most reasonable terms, 9 Bolts equal to No 1 and 3 Bolts equal to No 8 of Boston Manufacture.…” LS , Bureau of Customs, Philadelphia; copy, RG 56, Letters to the Collector at Philadelphia, National Archives; LC , RG 26, Revenue Cutter...
4335From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, 14 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, December 14, 1792. I … enclose … copies of two letters to me—with my answers thereto —which concern the Commerce between this Country & St Domingo.…” LS , Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress. Ambrose Vasse to H, November 21, 1792 ; H to Vasse, December 14, 1792 ; James Waters to H, December 6, 1792 ; H to Waters, December 10, 1792 .
4336From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the New York Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the … (Hamilton Papers)
I have to request that you will pay to Jonathan Burrall Esquire, Cashier of your institution the sum of fifty thousand Dollars, to be by him invested in the funded debt, on account of the united States. After the object shall have been effected, the sum will be adjusted by a regular warrant. I have the honor to be Gentlemen Your obedt Servt LS , from the original in the New York State...
4337From Alexander Hamilton to Ambrose Vasse, 14 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I have duly received your letter without date. I regret very much the disappointment you mention & you may be assured if any thing was in my power, which could afford relief in the case it would not be omitted. But it is to be presumed that the refusal to pay the Bills in question is the effect of circumstances too imperious to be controuled; and not to be remedied by any interference which...
4338To Thomas Jefferson from Alexander Hamilton, 14 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honour to inclose you the copies of two letters to me—with my answers thereto—which concern the Commerce between this Country and St. Domingo and to be With Respect Sir Your Obed Servt RC ( DLC ); in a clerk’s hand except for signature; addressed: “The Secy. of State”; endorsed by TJ as received 14 Dec. 1792 and so recorded in SJL with note: “(coverg. Vase and Waters’ lrs.).”...
4339From Alexander Hamilton to Sharp Delany, 13 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, December 13, 1792. “I received with your letter of the 26th Ultimo an estimate of the Duties which have accrued in your Office during the third quarter of the present year amounting to 402,540 dollars. It does not appear, whether the expences that have occurred during the quarter, are deducted from the sum. If not, I request to be informed of the amount.…” LS , Bureau of...
4340From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, 12 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I have to request that you will furnish Young and Dannacker, upon the principles heretofore agreed upon, with such a further sum of money, as, when added to the advances already made to them, will amount to ten thousand Dollars. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your Obedt Servt. LS , from the original in the New York State Library, Albany. See “Contract with George Dannacker and William...
4341From Alexander Hamilton to William Channing, Jeremiah Olney, and John S. Dexter, 12 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I have yet to reply to your letter of the 3d. ultimo, and to acknowledge with approbation the attention which you have paid to the subject communicated in my letter of the 22d. Octr. I do not clearly understand whether the Stock which was deposited with the Commissioner of Loans, remains still in pledge, or not. If it does, I request that it may be released, and restored to the Bank. With...
4342From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 10 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, December 10, 1792. “The Collector of Wiscassett has applied to this Office for a supply of blank Certificates of Registry. I have to request that you will, for the present, transmit him a dozen blanks without delay. He has been directed to apply in future to you in due time—naming the quantity required.…” L[S] , RG 36, Collector of Customs at Boston, Letters from the...
4343From Alexander Hamilton to James Waters, 10 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Your communication of the 6th Inst has been duly received. I regret very much, the dissappointment you mention, and you may be persuaded, if any thing was in my power that could relief in the case it would not be omitted. But it is presumed that the refusal to pay the Bills in question, is the effect of circumstances too imperious to be controuled, and not to be remedied by any interference...
4344From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, 8 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I understand there is at present an unusual press for money, proceeding from certain mercantile speculations. As an accomodation in regard to notes in which the Government is interested may, in this state of things, be of peculiar convenience to the persons concerned, I shall have no objection if the bank will renew such notes for thirty days in all cases where it can be done with perfect...
4345Report on Disbursements by the Department of War, 7 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor herewith to transmit certain Statements, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th ultimo, relative to the disbursements made by the department of War; Also, copy of a letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury on the subject; and to be, with perfect respect, Sir, Your most obedient servant Copy, RG 233, Reports of the Treasury Depart-ment,...
4346From Alexander Hamilton to John F. Mercer, 6 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
In my last letter to you, I informed you of my having transmitted copies of your answer of the 16th of October and of certain certificates accompanying it to Major Ross. I have lately received a letter from him of the 23rd of last month, of which and of the documents, to which it refers, I now send you copies agreeably to the Major’s request. No strictures on the policy or tendency of my...
4347From Alexander Hamilton to Maria Reynolds, 6 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, December 6, 1792. During an interview with Maria Reynolds on December 12, 1792, James Monroe and Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg saw in Mrs. Reynolds’s possession “two notes; one in the name of Alexander Hamilton, of the sixth of December.” Letter not found. ] “Reynolds Pamphlet,” August 31, 1797 . The statement by Monroe and Muhlenberg is printed as document No. III in the appendix...
4348Conversation with George Hammond, [15 November–3 December 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
In a recent conversation which I have had with Mr Hamilton, that Gentleman informed me that this government has in its possession the most indisputable proofs of an active interference on the part of the Spanish government in exciting the Creeks and Cherokees to war against the United States. He added that Baron Corrondolet, Governor of West Florida, had furnished the Indians with considerable...
4349From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, 3 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I have to request that a further advance of one thousand Dollars may be made by the Bank to William Young & George Dannacker, on account of their Contract with the Publick for supplying the Troops of the united States with Clothing for the ensuing year to be charged as heretofore. I have the honor to be Gentlemen Your obedt Servt. LS , Mr. William N. Dearborn, Nashville, Tennessee. See...
4350From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 3 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I beg you to accept my thanks, for the perusal of the papers you sent me, which I herewith return. The extracts from the charges to grand Juries are new to me. The correspondence between Mr. Addison and Mr. Clymer, I had before seen. While I found cause to regret the nature of the discussion, which had taken place, and could not but think the strictures on the Judicial Authority of the...