1From Alexander Hamilton to Robert Purviance, 18 August 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
I have to request that you will furnish me with a Statement of the circumstances relating to the Schooner Martha belonging to Messrs. Munnickhuysen & Sadler of Baltimore which sailed for Hispaniola during the Embargo and conditioned to return in Ballast. It appears from a Letter of her Owners to me that she brought back some Molasses and Taffia, the latter of which was contained in Casks of...