1From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of Maryland, 29 March 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
It has been intimated to me that considerable sums of duties have become due, or are to fall due, in Baltimore, in the course of the present month. It is, at all times, my wish to give to the merchants as much facility as the public business will admit of. I have therefore determined to inform you that, if you should incline to make discounts for the importers, to enable them to pay the duties...