Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Henry Knox, [24] July 1794

From Henry Knox

War Department, July [24] 1794. “I have the honor to transmit you a letter this day received from the naval agents in Philadelphia1 for a supply of money. I concieve it would be proper immediately to place in the hands of each agent2 the sum of five thousand dollars for them to be accountable.”

LC, RG 45, Letters Sent Concerning Naval Matters, National Archives.

1. Francis Gurney and Daniel Smith.

2. See Knox to H, June 25, July 9, 1794.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Henry Knox, [24] July 1794
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    Knox, Henry
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    24 July 1794

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Henry Knox, [24] July 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-16-02-0627. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 16, February 1794 – July 1794, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972, p. 616.]

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