11To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel Jones, 15 August 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. John Augustus Winans, a Son of the late Dr. Winans formerly of Richmond County in this State, being about to apply for an Appointment in the Service of the United States has requested me to Solicit your Influence in his favor—He has been a Student at Law in my office about Two years and has for some time past filled the Office of Ensign in one of the Militia uniform’d companies of Infantry...
12To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel Jones, 21 May 1804 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York ] May 21, 1804 . Asks Hamilton to answer questions concerning David Lydig’s “rights to the Bronx River, and how far those rights are affected by the Lease to Doctor J. Brown.…” ALS , anonymous donor; LS , New York State Library, Albany. Jones, who lived in Oyster Bay, New York, was comptroller of New York State from 1797 to 1800. He had been a member of the Continental Congress, the...