To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 20 May 1794
From Tench Coxe
Treasury Department, Revenue Office, May 20, 1794. Requests “a Warrant for eight hundred Dollars for the purpose of paying the balance due to the Coppersmith1 for his work on the Bald head Lantern, and to make a further payment to the Blacksmith.”2
LC, RG 26, Lighthouse Letters, Vol. I, National Archives.
1. John McCauley. See Coxe to H, February 18, March 5, 1794.
2. Samuel Wheeler. See H to George Washington, April 25, 1793; Tobias Lear to H, April 27, 1793; Coxe to H, January 1, April 8, 1794.