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From Alexander Hamilton to Melancton Smith, 27 December 1791

To Melancton Smith

Treasury Department December 27th. 1791

Sir.

I accept your proposals for Supplying the post of West point for the ensuing Year, at nine and one half cents per ration, pursuant to your letter of the 23rd. instant.

I am Sir  Your Obt. Sert.

Alexr. Hamilton

Melancton Smith Esqr.
New York.

Copy, RG 217, Miscellaneous Treasury Accounts, 1790–1894, Account No. 2052, National Archives; LS, sold at Swann Galleries, November 3, 1949, Lot 52.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Melancton Smith, 27 December 1791
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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Melancton Smith, 27 December 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-10-02-0063. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 10, December 1791 – January 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1966, p. 470.]

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