From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 3 May 1794

To George Washington

Treasury Department, May 3, 1794. Encloses “a letter from the Commissioner of the Revenue of the 30th of April,1 with his opinion that it is adviseable to confirm the purchase of Oil to which it relates.”2

LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Tench Coxe to H, April 30, 1794.

2. Washington approved this purchase on May 3, 1794 (JPP description begins “Journal of the Proceedings of the President,” George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. description ends , 291).

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Source Project: Hamilton Papers
Title: From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 3 May 1794
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 3 May 1794

Reference

Cite as: “From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 3 May 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-16-02-0315. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 16, February 1794 – July 1794, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972, p. 374.]

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