From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, [11 December 1783]

To John Chaloner1

[New York, December 11, 1783]

Dr. Sir

As it now draws towards the time for declaring a dividend of the bank,2 and I am authorized by Mr. Carter3 to receive his share I shall wish to be informed in what manner the bank will choose to have an acknowlegement of the receipt of the money from me, when time of payment comes—whether an order from me in favour of yourself—or a bill drawn payable to myself, or a receipt from me will be preferred. I make this inquiry because, the Bank may have some mode of their own for transacting the business in similar cases.4 I will therefore take it as a favour if you will inquire and let me know by a line. It is my wish that you would in the first instance receive the amount and pay it to my order. Let me know also if you please whether there are any persons disposed to sell bank stock and whether it yet begins to sell at an advanced price and the rate.5

Mrs. Schuyler6 when I left Albany7 gave me a memorandum about some shoes she expected you would send her. I wish you would forward them to me here and I will send them on.

Compliments to Mrs. Chaloner.

I am with esteem Sir Yr. most Obed ser

Alex Hamilton

City of New York
December 11th. 1783

ALS, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

1. This letter is listed as a “letter not found” in PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , III, 480.

2. The Bank of North America in Philadelphia, which Congress had chartered on December 3, 1781 (JCC description begins Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789 (Washington, 1904–1937; Reprinted, New York, 1968). description ends , XXI, 1187–89). See also Chaloner to H, November 26, 1783, note 1 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , III, 477).

3. See H to Chaloner, May 1, 1783 (printed in this volume).

4. See Chaloner to H, December 18, 1783 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , III, 481).

5. See Chaloner to H, November 26, 1783 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , III, 477–78).

6. Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler, H’s mother-in-law.

7. The Hamiltons had moved from Albany to New York City in November, 1783. See H to Elizabeth Hamilton, 1783–1789, note 1 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , III, 482).

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Title: From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, [11 December 1783]
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Chaloner, John
Date: 11 December 1783

Reference

Cite as: “From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, [11 December 1783],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0002-0097. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 26, 1 May 1802 – 23 October 1804, Additional Documents 1774–1799, Addenda and Errata, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1979, pp. 449–450.]

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