1From Alexander Hamilton to Henry Knox, [6 August 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Treasury Department, August 6, 1792. “All advances for supplies in the quartermaster’s department will be made after the first of next month to the quartermaster by warrants in his favor from the treasury, and he will have to account immediately to the treasury for the disbursement of the moneys committed to him. It will, of course, be necessary for the quartermaster to have an attorney or...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 6 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
You were perfectly right in making the seizure, announced in your letter of the 26th Ultimo. I do not see that any thing can be done in respect to the Drawback you mention. No payment on that account can be made until the requisite evidence is produced; and there might be circumstances which would altogether preclude the possibility of producing that evidence. L[S] , RG 36, Collector of...
3Treasury Department Circular to the Collectors of the Customs, 6 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that by force of the 8th section of the “Act for raising a further sum of money for the protection of the Frontiers, and for other purposes therein mentioned,” the regulation, requiring the immediate payment of the duties on imported articles, when the amount should not exceed fifty dollars, is repealed in all cases, except those relating to Salt,...