1To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 7 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
By the Presidents command T. Lear has the honor to transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury for his information a letter from Colo. Ballard, Inspector of the port of Baltimore, stating the trouble & expence attending the execution of the duties of his Office, for which there is no compensation. At the same time the President directs the enclosed letter from Genl. Lincoln to T. L. (which has...
2To Alexander Hamilton from Joshua Wentworth, 7 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
The 2d Instant I was honored by your’s of 24th Ulto. inclosing five forms of the System for the government of the Revenue, those Compleats my receipt of the whole. And inclosed is a return of form No. 1. This I shou’d have forwardd. some time past, but supposing others might be necessary to accompany it, delayed transmiting this return until the whole of the System had reached me, to which and...