1From Alexander Hamilton to Hodijah Baylies, [5 December 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Treasury Department, December 5, 1793. “I have to request that you will retain in your hands a sufficient sum of the monies arising from the duties on imports … for the purpose of discharging the allowances to fishing vessels which will become due in your district … and which are to be paid agreeably to the instructions heretofore given for that purpose. If the funds accruing in your office...