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To Alexander Hamilton from William Ellery, 14 December 1794

From William Ellery

[Newport, Rhode Island] December 14, 1794. “I acknowledge the Receipt of your two letters of the 27th of the last month1 & I shall retain sufft. funds in my hands to discharge the allowances to fishing vessels2 which I estimate at about twelve hundred dolls.… Permit me to mention that advice has not been received of your decision in the case of the Fair American Benjamin Lee master,3 and of the Sloop Joanna, Daniel Anthony master.”4

LC, Newport Historical Society, Newport, Rhode Island.

1. Neither of these letters has been found.

2. For information on the allowances to fishing vessels, see H to Benjamin Lincoln, November 27, 1794.

3. See Ellery to H, June 16, 1794.

4. See Ellery to H, April 21, July 21, 1794.

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from William Ellery, 14 December 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-17-02-0432. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 17, August 1794 – December 1794, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972, p. 444.]

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