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To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 9 July 1791

From Tobias Lear

[Philadelphia] July 9, 1791. “… the President has received a letter from Mr. Rue,1 who was appointed second mate of the revenue Cutter on the Delaware station, declining his appointment & returning his commission.”

LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Benjamin Rue was a Philadelphia sea captain.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 9 July 1791
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    Lear, Tobias
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    9 July 1791

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 9 July 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-08-02-0485. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 8, February 1791 – July 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1965, p. 541.]

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