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From Alexander Hamilton to Sylvanus Bourne, 10 May 1792

To Sylvanus Bourne1

Philadelphia May 10. 1792

Sir

You will have heared of the issue of a certain appointment, which was desired by you.

An alteration which has been made in the Treasury Department2 will lead to the appointment of an additional number of Clerks. If nothing better offers itself to you & an appointment of this Nature can be a temporary accommodation, it is at your service.* I beg you to be always assured of the friendly dispositions of

D Sir   Y Obed ser

A Hamilton

ALS, Mr. Edward Powis Jones, New York City.

1. Bourne, a resident of Boston, had been United States consul at Santo Domingo from June, 1790, to September, 1791.

For information concerning the contents of this letter, see Bourne to H, May 10, 24, 1792 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , XI, 382–83, 419–20).

In PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends XI, 383, this letter is listed as a “letter not found.”

2. See “An Act making alterations in the Treasury and War Departments” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, I (Boston, 1845). description ends 279–81 [May 8, 1792]).

Authorial notes

[The following note(s) appeared in the margins or otherwise outside the text flow in the original source, and have been moved here for purposes of the digital edition.]

* A corresponding Clerk. The present emolument can only be 500 Ds. A speedy answer is requested.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Sylvanus Bourne, 10 May 1792
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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Sylvanus Bourne, 10 May 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0002-0334. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 26, 1 May 1802 – 23 October 1804, Additional Documents 1774–1799, Addenda and Errata, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1979, p. 670.]

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