21From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Willing, 31 December 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, December 31, 1793. “The Secretary [of the Treasury] in a report to the House of Representatives of the 21st. December 1793, submitted a proposition for making provision for the second instalment. None having been made, he by a Letter to the Bank of the 31st. December 1793, informed that the Legislature not having yet had leisure to provide for the second instalment of the two...
22From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Willing, 3 March 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
I received your letter of the 28th ultimo, respecting the terms upon which the Directors of the Bank propose to furnish Bills of Exchange on Amsterdam for the use of the Government. These terms, under all the circumstances of the case appear to me reasonable and consistent with that spirit of accommodation to the public service which has so uniformly marked the conduct of the Directors. I...
23From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Willing, 16 May 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, May 16, 1794. “I request that the Bank will advance to the Secretary of State Nine hundred Dollars towards defraying certain expences which have occurred in the West Indies in relation to the public service.…” ALS , Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia. For background to this letter, see the exchange of letters between H and Edmund Randolph, May 16, 1794 . This letter...
24From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Willing, 23 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] June 23, 1794 . States “that the Director of the Mint would be obliged by being furnished with any French Crowns or other foreign coins of dates subsequent to the first of January 1792, in order that assays may be made preparatory to a procla[ma]tion of the President to authorise their currency.” AL , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. For background to this letter, see the...
25From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Willing, 6 August 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, August 6, 1794. “I request that you will furnish William Bradford Esquire with Eight hundred Dollars for a matter relative to the public service.…” ALS , Connecticut College Library, New London, Connecticut. Willing was president of the Bank of the United States. This money was for the expenses of the United States commissioners—of which Bradford was one—appointed to...
26From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Willing, 5 April 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Henry Kuhl Principal Clerk in the Comptrollers office has informed me that he is a candidate for the place of Assistant Cashier to the Bank of the UStates and has requested a testimonial of my opinion of his qualifications. I without scruple give it and in the strongest manner: I cannot imagine a man better qualified for such a place than he is. A thorough knowlege of accounts—a very clear...
27From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Willing, 3 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
I will thank you to have made out and forwarded to me my account with the Bank from the period the ballance was last struck & forwarded. Having lost my Bank book I am not able to name it but I presume it will appear by the books of the Bank. With true respect & esteem I am Dr. Sir Your Obed serv ALS , Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. According to an undated document in the...
28From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Willing, [24 October 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Treasury Department, October 24, 1792. The dealer’s catalogue description of this letter reads: “To the President of the Bank of the U.S. extending for an additional thirty days credit on bill sold by the Bank on American Commissioners in Amsterdam ‘to such purchasers of bills as have deposited public securities.’” Letter not found. ] LS , sold by Carnegie Book Shop, New York City, 1948,...
29From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Willing, [8 January 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, January 8, 1793. Letter listed in dealer’s catalogue. Letter not found. ] LS , sold by Carnegie Book Shop, New York City, 1938, Catalogue 66, Item 664.
30From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Willing, [11 September 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, September 11, 1794. Letter listed in dealer’s catalogue. Letter not found. ] LS , listed by Patrick F. and Thomas F. Madigan, New York City, in The Autograph , I (November, 1911).