1From Alexander Hamilton to George Bush, 2 July 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, July 2, 1792. “… I wish to be informed, what will be the expense of providing and maintaining for one year such a boat as is contemplated by you for Port Penn, and of another for the Port of New castle.” LC , RG 56, Letters to Collectors at Small Ports, “Set G,” National Archives. Bush was collector of customs at Wilmington, Delaware.