2161To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 28 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, November 28, 1791. “Your circular Letter of the 11th Instant, to which I shall pay due attention, induces me to ask whether any allowance (which has been demanded here) is to be made in ascertaining the Duties on broken and unshelled Coffee and Cocoa of an inferior quality generally purchased in the West Indies at about half the price of Merchantable? You will oblige me Sir, by...
2162From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel A. Otis, 6 October 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, October 6, 1792. Requests information for report ordered by the Senate on May 7, 1792. LS , RG 46, Second Congress, 1791–1793, Reports of the Secretary of the Treasury (2A-F2), National Archives. Otis, who was secretary of the Senate, was the younger brother of James Otis and the father of Harrison Gray Otis. The contents of this letter are essentially the same as those of...
2163From Alexander Hamilton to Nathan Rice, 24 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I am advised by the Secy. of War that Mr. Williams Storekeeper at Springfield has been instructed to furnish to the Quarter master of your Regiment upon your order 680 stands of Arms and as many Gun worms. Mr. Williams is to have them transported to your Regimental Rendezvous if they have not been received, you will take measures to obtain them. With great consideration I am &cc Copy, in the...
2164To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 22 December 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, December 22, 1791. “I yesterday received your favor of the 23rd. of Novemr. Your approbation of my Conduct in the Case of the Brigt. Betsey, affords me the sincerest Satisfaction; and in future, should similar breaches of the Law occur within this District, I shall proceed in the way you have now suggested, as a less expensive and more speedy Mode of Determination; and, in...
2165To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 22 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
This will merely inform you that your letter of the 10th. with its enclosure and that of the 11th. Inst: have been duly received; and that if the Regulations of your Department, mentioned in the former, are carried strictly into execution, the most happy consequences, it is to be hoped, will result from them. I am Sir &c. LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. 1. Letter not found.
2166From Alexander Hamilton to ———, [n.p., n.d.] (Hamilton Papers)
The amount due to the Bank does not appear in the papers except in a letter of Butlers in which he states it at 8900 Drs. But this was not the subject of my inquiry. I wanted to know the probable amount here of the Cargo which was assigned for our suit ought to be for that amount. Yrs. with respect ALS , in a grangerized copy of [William Coleman] A Collection of the Facts and Documents,...
2167From Alexander Hamilton to John H. Buell, 6 September 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th of August. With great considertn I am Sir & & ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
2168From Alexander Hamilton to ———, [16 February 1781] (Hamilton Papers)
The General requests to see you at Head Quarters today, as he wishes to give you some directions previous to your setting out for Albany. Yr Most Obed Serv Will you be here to dinner? ALS , Northwestern University.
2169From Alexander Hamilton to William Ellery, 7 February 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, February 7, 1794. On March 3, 1794, Ellery wrote to Hamilton : “I have received your letter of the 7th of Feby. last.” Letter not found. ]
2170To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 31 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, December 31, 1792. Replies to Hamilton’s “circular Letter of the 12th of Octr. last.” ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.
2171From Alexander Hamilton to Vincent Gray, 21 November 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, November 21, 1789. Letter listed in dealer’s catalogue. Letter not found. ] LS , sold at Birch’s Sons, March, 1893, Lot 492.
2172From Alexander Hamilton to Brigadier General Nathaniel Heard, 14 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 14, 1780 . Orders Heard to deliver all horses to the quartermaster general and “all the Cattle unfit for immediate use to the Contractor of the Country.” Df , in writing of Richard Kidder Meade, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Signature in Meade’s writing is “AH, ADC.” When this letter was written, Heard was in Pompton, New Jersey.
2173To Alexander Hamilton from Rufus King, [5 November 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
[ London, November 5, 1798. Letter not found. ] Letter listed in Rufus King’s “Memorandum of Private Letters, &c., dates & persons, from 1796 to Augt 1802,” owned by Mr. James G. King, New York City.
2174To Alexander Hamilton from John Stockton, 22 May 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Inclosed you will receive a Coppy of a Contract executed by James Caldwell for the furnishing such with rations; such Troops & recruits as may be placed at Christiana Bridge, during the present year. I am Sir very respectfully yr. obt. St. ( ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress), enclosing a contract between James McHenry and James Caldwell, May 20, 1799 (copy, Hamilton Papers, Library...
2175To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel Eddins, 24 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your favor of the 5th. Inst. is now before me, Covering the General Orders and new instructions, which will be duly attended to, on my part, and shall exert myself in raising of my Quota or Company as easy as Possible I am Sir with Great Regard Yo. Obdt. Humb Servant ( ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
2176From Alexander Hamilton to Adam Hoops, 25 July 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The apothecary who furnished the enclosed medicines &c. of mentioned specified in the bill inclosed, informs me that he cannot get paid for it them without your certificate which he says you refuse. I request you will let me know the circumstances and your reason for withholding your sanction. or approbation of the demand. With great consideration &c &c ( Df , in the handwriting of Ethan...
2177From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 9 November 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Trenton , November 9, 1798. In a letter to Hamilton on November 10, 1798, McHenry wrote : “I received your letter of yesterday this morning at 5 o’clock.” Letter not found. ] H was on his way to Philadelphia to meet with George Washington, McHenry, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney to discuss plans for the Army.
2178From Alexander Hamilton to William C. Bentley, 13 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the sixth instant. Mess Beale and Simmons have been mentioned to the Secretary of War as the persons recommended proposed by you, and it is therefore too late to recommend Mr. Thoms for the post of Cadet in your regiment. With respect to the vacancy in the eighth regiment, as you have written to Col. Parker, I shall wait for his communication on the Subject— With...
2179To Alexander Hamilton from Jedediah Huntington, 22 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
New London [ Connecticut ] September 22, 1790 . “Mr Nathaniel Richards will contract to supply the Light House at this Port, for one year from the first of October next with Oil, Wick, Candles & Soap … for 380 Dollars.… I have agreed to give Daniel Harris for tending the Light 80 dollars ⅌ year.…” ALS , RG 26, Lighthouse Letters Received, Vol. “C,” Connecticut and New York, National Archives....
2180From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, 2 May 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, May 2, 1793. “Your letter of the 18th of April was duly received. The practice which obtains in your District with respect to Exportation permits … appears to me to be right.” LS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.
2181From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of New York, 13 December 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, December 13, 1790. On December 20, 1790, William Seton wrote to Hamilton : “The President & Directors desire me to acknowledge the receipt of your two Letters of the 13th.” One letter not found. ]
2182From Alexander Hamilton to Amos Stoddard, 23 May 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
If as you suggest an exchange in this instance can be made for the benefit of the Service there is no objection to its being done. But no general rule can be established. It ought to depend on very peculiar circumstances and is a practice not much to be favored. with true consideration I am Sir Your obed Servt. ( Df , in the handwriting of Philip Church, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
2183From Alexander Hamilton to Tobias Lear, 18 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] November 18, 1791 . “The President has directed that a commission be made out for Mr Morris, now second mate—as first Mate of the N Y Cutter.…” LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Richard Valentine Morris of New York.
2184From Alexander Hamilton to Robert Morris, 22 May 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, May 22, 1797. On May 23, 1797, Morris wrote to Hamilton : “Your letter of yesterday is arrived.” Letter not found. ]
2185To Alexander Hamilton from Francis Childs, 11 February 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, February 11, 1792. On February 27, 1792, Hamilton wrote to Childs : “I duly received your letter of the 11th instant.” Letter not found. ] Childs was editor of The [New York] Daily Advertiser and printer for the state of New York. He also provided financial support and publication arrangements for the [Philadelphia] National Gazette , which had commenced publication on October 31,...
2186From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 10 July 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, July 10, 1794. “The Secretary of the Treasury respectfully submits to the President of the UStates a Communication from the Commissioner of The Revenue of yesterday, transmitting a provisional contract for oil for the use of the Light houses with his opinion that a ratification of the contract will consist with the interest of the United States.” LC , George Washington...
2187From Alexander Hamilton to Adam Hoops, 25 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Be pl I wish you to deliver the inclosed* to Lieut. Leonard desiring him to make out a statement of the affair to which they allude and return transmit it with the letters to me. With great consideration &c N.B. * letters respecting the inlistment of Elihu Eggleston (Copy, in the handwriting of Ethan Brown, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
2188From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 14 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Colonel Rice proposes Mr. John Radford as a Cadet in his regiment, and I would recommend that he be immediately appointed. Enclosed is a letter to Mr. Swan which I have left open for your perusal. With great respect ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
2189From Alexander Hamilton to Tench Coxe, [27 June 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Hamilton will with pleasure dine with Mr. Coxe tomorrow—and he will see him at his own house at any time before three to day or early tomorrow morning unless Mr. Cox will come & dine to day with Mr. H four oClock where he will find Doctor Priestly & a small party & the business can be talked of in the Evening. AL , Tench Coxe Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. H...
2190From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [13 February 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor to communicate to the President some letters which have recently come to hand respecting the execution of the Excise Law in Kentuckey. LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Letters not found. “An Act repealing, after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon Distilled Spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in...