1To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Lee, 21 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter of the 12th. shall be duly attended to. The Scale Beam and Chains, Scale plates and Triangle intended for the Collector of George Town have arrived and will be forwarded to him by the first opportunity. The inclosed is a copy of a claim in favour of Charles Page which is submitted to you for your direction as to the payment expected from me. Without further authority from the...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 21 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
You will pay into the Bank of Massachusettes whatever monies may be in your hands, on the last day of this month, over and above what it may be necessary for you to retain to satisfy any Treasury drafts which you may have accepted and to fulfil any services which have been committed to your superintendence. For the sum you may pay in, you will take duplicate receipts, one of which you will...
3From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of New York, 21 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, September 21, 1791. On October 1, 1791, William Seton wrote to Hamilton : “I am desired by the President and Directors to acknowledge the receipt of your Letters of the 21 & 24 Sepr.” Letter of September 21 not found. ]
4To Alexander Hamilton from Jean Baptiste de Ternant, 21 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Une revoke dans les atteliers de la partie francaise de st. Dominque m’oblige d’y faire passer sans delay des secours de tous les genres dont le Gouvernemen annonce avoir le plus pressant besoin. Mes moyens ne pouvant Suffire aux achats indispensables dans cette occasion, je vous prie de vouloir m’accorder sur le Tresor federal un credit de 40 mille dollars à valoir en à compte de ce que les...
5From Alexander Hamilton to Jean Baptiste de Ternant, 21 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Regretting most sincerely the calamitous event announced in your letter of this day, it is with real pleasure, I find myself in a condition to inform you, that the sum you desire is at your command to operate as a payment, on account of the debt due to France. It will be most convenient to the Treasury if you can accommodate the objects you have to fulfill to the following installments—of a...
It being necessary to fix the rates at which the additional rations for the Officers of the Cutters are to be paid for, I have determined, on consideration, to instruct you to allow to the Captain & other Officers of the Cutter, under your Agency, the sum of nine Cents for every ration which they shall not draw, and for which they shall prefer to receive payment in money. It will also be...
It being necessary to ascertain correctly the state of the public monies in the several Custom-Houses, I enclose you a form of a return of bonds which may not be paid with punctuality, which it is my desire that you regularly transmit at foot of every monthly return of bonds, though there should be none unpaid, noting in the proper column that the fact is so. Those parts which are printed in...
8Enclosure: John Treadwell to John Chester, 21 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Pursuant to your request I wrote to a Gentleman in each of the towns of Southington Berlin and Bristol for the necessary information on the subject manufactures in those towns, but have received no answer except from Mr Andrews of Southington. The account he has given and the estimates he has made I have reason to conclude are pretty correct, and with very little variation, as to common...
9To George Washington from Tobias Lear, 21 September 1791 (Washington Papers)
I had the honor of writing to you on the 18th; since which nothing has transpired among us worth relating. The arrival of a Vessel from Liverpool brings European Accounts down to the 28th of July. I have not learnt that she has brought any other intelligence than what is contained in the enclosed papers. An insurrection of the Negroes in Hispaniola seems to have put the inhabitants and...
10To George Washington from Tobias Lear, 21 September 1791 (Washington Papers)
Since I had the honor of writing to you this morning, I have been making inquiries respecting Blankets, and find that Messrs Sitgreaves have the largest quanty—the best assortment—and the lowest prices that are to be found. I enclose a list of their prices & qualities in order that you may, if you think proper, point out the kind most suitable for your purpose—and likewise have the prices...