1From Alexander Hamilton to James Brice, 4 April 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I was duly honored with your letter relative to the arrears of pay due to sundry Officers and Soldiers of the Maryland line of the late Army. The payments of arrears due to the lines of Virginia and North Carolina were made in the States under the special injunction of an Act of Congress which did not extend to Maryland or any other State. This circumstance will prevent the allowance of any...