1Agreement with Titus Salter, 1 July 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 1, 1791. Salter agrees to “support, maintain and attend the Lighthouse at New Castle” from July 1 to December 31, 1791, for $158.60. DS , RG 26, Lighthouse Letters Received, “Segregated” Lighthouse Records, Lear, National Archives; copy RG 26, Lighthouse Letters Received, Lighthouse Deeds and Contracts, National Archives. This document is signed by Salter and by...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Mercy Warren, 1 July 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Madam,—In making you, thus late, my acknowledgements for the honor you did me, by presenting me with a volume of your poems, I dare not attempt an apology for the delay. I can only throw myself upon your clemency for a pardon. I have not however been equally delinquent towards the work itself, which I have read, more than once, with great interest. It is certain that in the Ladies of Castille,...