To Alexander Hamilton from Joseph Whipple, 12 July 1794

From Joseph Whipple

Portsmouth [New Hampshire] July 12, 1794. “Since my letter of the 9th. instant the Marshall of the District of N Hamp.1 applied for & recd. the 2d M[o]iety of the 200 dollars directed to be Advanced to him.… Considering that your instruction to me of the 2d of July 17932 restricts these payments to 200 dolls Per year I cannot consistant therewith make a further payment to him in the present year without your direction.…”

LC, RG 36, Collector of Customs at Portsmouth, Letters Sent, 1793–1794, Vol. 5, National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters from the Collector at Portsmouth, National Archives.

1. Nathaniel Rogers.

2. See “Treasury Department Circular to the Collectors of the Customs,” July 2, 1793.

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Title: To Alexander Hamilton from Joseph Whipple, 12 July 1794
Author: Whipple, Joseph
Recipient: Hamilton, Alexander
Date: 12 July 1794

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Cite as: “To Alexander Hamilton from Joseph Whipple, 12 July 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-16-02-0600. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 16, February 1794 – July 1794, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972, pp. 598–599.]

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