1From Alexander Hamilton to William Heth, 15 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, September 15, 1790. On November 10, 1790, Heth wrote to Hamilton and acknowledged the receipt of Hamilton’s “private letter of the 15th. of September last.” Letter not found. ] Heth was collector of customs at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia.
2From Alexander Hamilton to William Heth, 23[–24] June 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have before me your letter of the 16th instant. My opinion is that there is and necessarily must be a great number of undefined particulars incident to the general duty of every officer, for the requiring of which no special warrant is to be found in any law. The test of what he is obliged to do and what he is not must be the relation which the thing required bears to his prescribed or...
3From Alexander Hamilton to William Heth, 10 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November 10, 1791. On November 20, 1791, Heth wrote to Hamilton : “Your private favor of the 10th. Inst found me at home.” Letter not found. ]
4From Alexander Hamilton to William Heth, 7 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
The same cause which delayed my answering several of your Official Letters has postponed the acknowlegement of your three private letters of the 5. 27 & 29th of February. The truth is, my situation hitherto has thrown upon me more business than it was possible for me to get through; and the intrigues of faction, to which I have been obliged to be attentive, have added not a little to my...
5From Alexander Hamilton to William Heth, 26 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
This accompanies an official letter. I acknowlege, I doubt the accuracy of the opinion of the Attorney General on the last point. A law is not to be so litterally construed as to involve absurdity and oppression . The legislature might reasonably restrain its officers from future buying and selling of stock, but could not reasonably prevent their making a disposition of property, which they...
6Enclosure: Alexander Campbell to William Heth, 1 November 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I received your favors relating to the Ship Abigail, You will be Pleased to be assured that in all communications from you, I feel myself desiring of pursuing what you think proper to be done: and this because I have had great reason to confide in your judgment with respect to the Subjects of your Office: but it becomes me, in some measure to consider the current of Decisions in the Treasury...
7From Alexander Hamilton to William Heth, 3 June 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, June 3, 1793. On June 14, 1793, Heth wrote to Hamilton : “I am favor’d with your private address of the 3d. Inst.” Letter not found. ] Heth was collector of customs at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia.
8From Alexander Hamilton to William Heth, 18 December 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, December 18, 1798. On January 14, 1799, Heth wrote to Hamilton : “It is some days since I was made happy by the receipt of your kind favor of the 18th. Ulto.” Letter not found. ]
9From Alexander Hamilton to William Heth, 6 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, June 6, 1799. On June 20, 1799, Heth wrote to Hamilton and acknowledged “Your most obliging favor of the 6th.” Letter not found. ]
10From George Washington to William Heth, 6 April 1786 (Washington Papers)
An honest confession of the truth, is the best apology I can make for my not acknowledging the receipt of your favor of the 24th of Decr before this. The fact is, the letter was mislaid, and entirely forgot, till chance recovered it. I now send you Colo. De Corny’s third Bill of Exchange on Colo. Wadsworth. his second I have never (I believe) seen, the first you have. With esteem I am—Dear Sir...
11From George Washington to William Heth, 14 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
I have duly received your favor of the 3 inst. dated at Mount Vernon. I am much pleased with the arrangement you have made for Mrs Washington’s coming on here with stage horses—and must beg you to accept of my best thanks for your attention and trouble in this business. The previous settlement of the price with the proprietors of the horses was a very prudent and a very necessary step—and I...
12From George Washington to William Heth, 18 November 1790 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to William Heth, c.18 Nov. 1790. In an 18 Nov. 1790 letter to James Wood, GW enclosed “a request that Colonel Heth, as Collector, would furnish you with the means for securing the land.” GW left the letter open for Wood’s perusal. GW probably realized that William Heth, as federal collector for the port of Bermuda Hundred and as treasurer of the Virginia State Society of the...
13From George Washington to William Heth, 18 July 1798 (Washington Papers)
Your favour of the 13th Instant, with its enclosures, came duly to hand; for your kindness in sending which, I thank you—but I thank you more for the offer of becoming one of my Aids, if I should again embark on a Sea of troubles & responsibility, provided a Rank proportioned to your former Grade & ⟨service⟩ could be insured to you. This, my good Sir, you would have to decide on yourself, by...
14From George Washington to William Heth, 5 August 1798 (Washington Papers)
Your favor of the 30th Ulto was brought me by fridays Post. The sentiments you have expressed, relatively to the qualifications which ought to be possessed by the Aids de Camp of the Commander in Chief, or Officer Commanding a separate army (to go no further) accord precisely with my own. And although I do not chuse to be under any engagement, lest something might occur that would render...
15From George Washington to John Marshall, Edward Carrington, and William Heth, 12 May 1799 (Washington Papers)
Although the letter, of which the enclosed is a copy, is of old date, it has but just been received from the Secretary of War. Without aid, it will be impossible for me to carry his views into effect; which, & the confidence I place in you, is the best apology I can make for asking you to assist me, in the business required. I have, with the exception of short intervals, been so many years...