1From George Washington to Andrew Hamilton, 4 May 1792 (Washington Papers)
I have had the pleasure to receive your polite letter of the 12th of December, together with a copy of “An Enquiry into the Principles of taxation,[”] which accompanied it, & for which I must beg your acceptance of my best thanks. The subject of your book is certainly of the first importance to society; and those who undertake works of this nature upon the extensive scale that yours appears to...