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From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 17 December 1790

To Benjamin Lincoln

Treasury Department, December 17, 1790. “It having been intimated to me1 that you were desirous to visit Philadelphia I took an early opportunity to inform the President2 that I believed you entertained such a wish, requesting his permission if it should not appear improper. I added that personal ⟨conferences with you⟩3 upon the operation of the ⟨trade laws might be⟩ of considerable use, and ⟨that the winter sea⟩son would be the least in⟨convenient for⟩ absence from your district. He has been pleased to signify to me4 that he has no objection, if the public business can be conducted without injury in the interim.…”

L[S], RG 36, Collector of Customs at Boston, Letters from the Treasury, 1789–1807, Vol. 4, National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to the Collector at Boston, National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to Collectors at Small Ports, “Set G,” National Archives.

1. See John Jay to H, November 28, 1790.

2. H to George Washington, December 15, 1790.

3. The material within broken brackets in this document has been taken from the copy in RG 56, Letters to the Collector at Boston, National Archives.

4. Tobias Lear to H, December 16, 1790.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 17 December 1790
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Lincoln, Benjamin
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    17 December 1790

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 17 December 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-07-02-0237. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 7, September 1790 – January 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1963, p. 345.]

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