1From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 31 December 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor of your letter of the 28th instant, inclosing one to you from the Comptroller General of your State. I can only regret, that my delay has accrued, and take it for granted, that the business will receive all the dispatch which may be practicable. I shall be sorry if any inconvenience results to the public Creditors of your state from the cessation of the payment of Indents...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 3 February 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, February 3, 1790. “I am honored with the Receipt of your letter of the 26th of last month, inclosing a Statement of the Public Debt of Pennsylvania.…”
3From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 13 November 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, November 13, 1790. Introduces R. J. Vanden Broeck who was “a Clerk for a considerable period in the office of the Auditor of the State of New York and afterwards in that of the Secretary at War.…” ALS , Schuyler Papers, MS Division, New York Public Library. Mifflin, a former Quaker and Philadelphia merchant, was a veteran of the American Revolution, during which he had achieved...
4From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 3 June 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, June 3, 1791. The catalogue description of this letter reads “Letter concerning a proposition made by the Register General of Pennsylvania.” Letter not found. ] LS , sold at American Art Association, April 10, 1929, Lot 255. See Mifflin to H, June 2, 1791 . An entry in the executive minutes of Pennsylvania for June 6, 1791, reads: “Copies of a Letter from the Secretary of the...
5From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 3 June 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, June 3, 1791. “The want of the return of survey of the tract on Lake Erie purchased by Pennsy, from the United States, has hitherto prevented my adopting the measures you have desired for the completion of that business.” Letter not found. ] LS , sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, March 26, 1957, Lot 87. See Mifflin to H, May 5, 1791 . Text taken from dealer’s catalogue.
6From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 10 June 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Having received the return the want of which delayed a definitive answer to yours Letter of the fifth of May; I have now the honor to inform you that this department is ready to proceed in the business which is the Subject of it. According to the course of Proceedings at the Treasury the adjustment will begin with the Auditor and be completed by the Comptroller. The Auditor will accordingly be...
7From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 22 August 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury presents his respects to the Governor of Pennsylvania, and has the honor to inform him that the vacancy in the office of Auditor, is no impediment to the adjustment of the affair of the lands with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The only source of delay is a difference of opinion, concerning the Certificates in which payment is to be made; the Comptroller of the...
8From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 28 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I am very sorry that the absence of the Comptroller of the Treasury, in consequence of ill health, renders it impossible to complete at this time the adjustment of the purchase, which is the subject of your Excellency’s letter of the 26th instant. Immediately after his return, which will probably be in about ten days, the most particular attention will be paid to the business. I observe with...
9From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 21 December 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, December 21, 1791. Writes to Mifflin concerning Pennsylvania creditors. Copy, Division of Public Records, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg; copy, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Mifflin was governor of Pennsylvania. With the exception of the last paragraph and the insertion of the name of the state, this letter is exactly the same as H’s...
10From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 25 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I had this morning the honor of receiving your letter of the 23d instant. I would with pleasure concur in removing the difficulty you suggest by anticipating the issuing of certificates for the debt of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania subscribed to the depending loan, were I not apprehensive of embarrassment, in other cases, in which a similar anticipation might be urged on probable ground,...
11From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 1 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, December 1, 1792. “Mr. Hamilton presents his respectful Compliments to Governor Mifflin and requests he will be so obliging as to send by the bearer the papers he was kind enough to offer a perusal of to Mr. Hamilton.” Letter not found. ] AL , sold by American Art Association, March 3, 1925, Lot 272. Mifflin was governor of Pennsylvania. The papers, which have not been found,...
12From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 3 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I beg you to accept my thanks, for the perusal of the papers you sent me, which I herewith return. The extracts from the charges to grand Juries are new to me. The correspondence between Mr. Addison and Mr. Clymer, I had before seen. While I found cause to regret the nature of the discussion, which had taken place, and could not but think the strictures on the Judicial Authority of the...
13From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 21 August 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
I have had the honor of your letter of the 29th of July last, which the press of business has prevented my sooner answering. The Certificates to which you refer have not been admitted upon the Loan proposed by the Acts of Congress payable in evidences of State debt. The following circumstances have attended the case. Certificates of the description of those called New Loan Certificates of...
14From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 9 September 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
The last intelligence from the Western Counties of this State, which has been communicated to you, leaves the issue of measures for an amicable accommodation, so very doubtful, and the season for military operation is wearing away so fast, that the President, with great reluctance, finds himself under a necessity of putting in motion, without further delay, all the militia which have been...
15From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 10 September 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Having understood from you, that it was your intention, to appoint a person as Quarter Master to the detachment of Militia of this State, about to assemble, and march, and confiding that the person whom you may choose will be both capable and trustworthy, I propose, as a matter of simplicity and convenience, to commit to him the procuring of Waggons for the transportation of every thing...
16From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 16 September 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ War Department, September 16, 1794. “… Disagreeable Symptoms have appeared in the two most Western Counties of Maryland.… Everything is doing to press forward the Jersey Militia to Carlisle.… It is indeed of the highest moment, that the spreading of so mischievous a spirit should be checked.…” Letter not found. ] ALS , sold at C. F. Libbie and Company, November 15, 1889, Item 344. See H to...
17From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 17 September 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ War Department, September 17, 1794. “Gov. Howell of New Jersey moves today with the van of the Militia of that State. If the Cavalry and artillery of this City could be hastened onward it would be particularly desirable.” Letter not found. ] ALS , sold at C. F. Libbie and Company, November 15, 1889, Item 345. Richard Howell. Extract taken from dealer’s catalogue. For a summary of the...
18From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 17 September 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Major Stagg has informed me that you wished an explanation in writing of the letter which I had the honor of writing to you this Morning, on this point, to wit: whether the corps were to be equipped previous to their march or not? I answer, that it is intended they should be provided previous to their march with a competent supply of essential articles. But that they ought not to be retarded...
19From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 18 September 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
I beg leave to represent to your Excellency that among the Militia ordered out from this City for the Western expedition is a Mechanic of the name of Samuel Owner of Captain Guy’s Company of Artillery. Mr. Joshua Humphreys the Constructor of one of the United States Frigates to be built here represents that this man has been hitherto employed in assisting him in preparing the models which he...
20From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 18 September 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to inform your Excellency that a detachment of the Troops of the United States under the command of Lieut. Daniel Bissell is to march from this City as an escort to a train of Artillery and Military Stores, intended for the Maryland and Virginia Militia called out against the Western Insurgents. This detachment will march through Lancaster and York Town and from thence to...
21From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 20 September 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
War Department, September 20, 1794. Sends same letter he sent to Thomas Sim Lee on September 18, 1794 . Pennsylvania Archives , 2nd ser., IV Pennsylvania Archives , 2nd ser., IV (n.p., 1876). , 334.
22From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 10 October 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
The President thinks he ought not to leave this place without a formal expression of the very poignant regret he has felt at the unfortunate accidents which happened in two instances previous to his arrival at this place, having occasioned the death of two persons, and of his extreme solicitude that all possible pains may be taken to avoid in future not only accidents of a similar kind but all...
23From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Mifflin, 17 October 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
The President directs me to acknowlege the receipt of your letter of the 16th—enclosing one from Governor Howel. The Quarter-Master & Commissary General will leave this place early in the Morning for Bedford to endeavour to remedy any defects which may exist. You observe that Col Blaine has not been with the Column. I am sure I understood from him & I think I did from Col Biddle that the...