1051From Alexander Hamilton to William Ellery, 10 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November 10, 1791. On November 21, 1791, Ellery wrote to Hamilton : “On the 19th. instant I recd. your letter of the 10th.” Letter not found. ] This was presumably the same as H to Jeremiah Olney, November 10, 1791 .
1052From Alexander Hamilton to William Heth, 10 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November 10, 1791. On November 20, 1791, Heth wrote to Hamilton : “Your private favor of the 10th. Inst found me at home.” Letter not found. ]
1053From Alexander Hamilton to Charles Lee, 10 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Mr Gray’s letter of the 9th Ultimo, relative to the seizure made by you of the Ship Washington, and of five Casks of Brandy, has been received. To obviate inconveniencies which the Owners might suffer by a delay, I have no objection to an immediate restoration of the Vessel and Brandy, provided the parties enter into Bond, with sufficient security, conditioned, that they will abide the event...
1054From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, 10 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have, on consideration, deemed it expedient to authorize you to receive, in payment of duties, the notes of the Bank of Providence, payable in specie on demand. For the greater safety in so doing I have requested the President of that institution to furnish you with his signature, that of the Cashier and such Checks as may be sufficient to enable you to detect Counterfeits. It is my wish...
1055Receipt from William Pearce, [10 November 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
Received Philadelphia November 10. 1791 of Alexander Hamilton One hundred and fifty Dollars on account of Machines. D , in writing of H and signed by Pearce, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. For “A List of Mr Willm Pearce’s Machines,” see “Receipt from William Pearce,” August 20, 1791, note 2 .
1056From Alexander Hamilton to Jabez Bowen, 11 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November 11, 1791. Letter listed in dealer’s catalogue. Letter not found. ] LS , sold by Stan V. Henkels, Jr., April 13, 1917, Lot 160.
1057From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Jones, 11 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November 11, 1791. “I do not consider myself as at liberty to authorise anything; and so much are the circumstances effaced from my memory that I do not even feel myself competent to advise.” Letter not found. ] ALS , sold at American Art Association, November 24, 1924, Lot 333. Jones, a prominent lawyer of Queens County, New York, had served in the New York Assembly from 1786...
1058From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, 11 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter of the 31st Ultimo relative to the Schooner Alice, Jabez Andrus Master, has been received. The question, therein stated, turns upon the following points; whether the vessel belongs in the whole or in part to a Citizen or inhabitant of the United States; and if she was within four leagues of the coast, or within the limits of any district of the United States when the manifest was...
1059From Alexander Hamilton to William Seton, 11 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November 11, 1791. On November 17, 1791, Seton wrote to Hamilton : “I am honoured with your Letters of the 11th & 14th.” Letter of November 11 not found. ]
1060Treasury Department Circular to the Collectors of the Customs, 11 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
An order having been transmitted to me from the honorable House of Representatives, to make certain returns, relative to the exports, imports and tonnage of the United States, I find it necessary to press your immediate transmission of all such documents as are to come from your Office, to the 30th of September last. A case, which has been represented to me, renders it necessary to intimate to...
1061From Alexander Hamilton to Otho H. Williams, 11 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have, on consideration, concluded to authorise you to allow the Officers and crew of the revenue cutter twelve cents per ration, instead of nine cents, mentioned in my circular letter of the 21st September. But the allowance claimed for expences of board is inadmissible; their pay and rations must be considered as a full compensation. I am, Sir, Your Obed Servant. LS , Columbia University...
1062From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 12 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the 4th Ultimo, inclosing a duplicate receipt, No 345, of the Bank of Massachusetts for a payment of twenty five thousand Dollars, made by you into that Bank. With regard to the boatmen, I fully approve of your idea, upon the strength of what you suggest, that the service will not suffer by dismissing three of them during the winter season. I am, Sir, with great...
1063From Alexander Hamilton to William Constable, 14 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, November 14, 1791. “… the whole money for interest on the Stock of your friends in Antwerp has been paid as well that on the separate as on the joint stock; in confidence that you will find me a further bond of indemnification respective the separate stock. The truth is that the Gentlemen in Question have not acted like men of business; for, I believe by the law of their country...
1064From Alexander Hamilton to William Seton, 14 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November 14, 1791. On November 17, 1791, Seton wrote to Hamilton : “I am honoured with your Letters of the 11th & 14th.” Letter of November 14 not found. ]
1065From Alexander Hamilton to William Ellery, 16 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November 16, 1791. On December 5, 1791, Ellery wrote to Hamilton : “I have recd. your letters of the 16th & 17th of the last month.” Letter of November 16 not found. ]
1066From Alexander Hamilton to William Ellery, 17 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November 17, 1791. On December 5, 1791, Ellery wrote to Hamilton : “I have recd. your letters of the 16th & 17th of the last month.” Letter of November 17 not found. ] This letter was written in reply to Ellery to H, October 14, 1791 .
1067From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 17 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter of the 2nd instant has been duly received. You were perfectly right in charging the Schooner Industry with the rate of foreign Tonnage. As the fact stands, it does not appear that the law authorises a restitution; and the parties, in pursuing a second voyage without a Register, after having been once indulged, and admonished, and after sufficient time and opportunity were given...
1068Treasury Department Circular to the Collectors of the Customs, 17 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
On considering several representations which have been made to me relative to the rations for the cutters, I have determined on the following mode of conducting the business. A price not exceeding twelve cents for each man per diem may be agreed for by you with the Captain or any other person, who will contract to supply the necessary articles. It is hoped that this will enable you to conduct...
1069From Alexander Hamilton to Otho H. Williams, 17 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
There will not be found any provision for the payment of Mr. Edward Swift, whom Captain Gross has shipt to do the duty of Mr. James Forbes now absent, unless Mr. Forbes from a sense of justice and propriety allows it to be done out of his money. It would be well for you to intimate this to Captain Gross, and the more so as he in a former instance made an appointment of his officers, which can...
1070To John Adams from Alexander Hamilton, 18 November 1791 (Adams Papers)
In pursuance of the order of the Senate, I have the honor to transmit a return of the imports of the United States, so modified as to convey a considerable portion of the information which I conceive they require. I beg leave to observe, that this document is a part of a set of papers relative to imports, exports, and tonnage, which have been some time in preparation at the treasury. Some...
1071From Alexander Hamilton to Tobias Lear, 18 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] November 18, 1791 . “The President has directed that a commission be made out for Mr Morris, now second mate—as first Mate of the N Y Cutter.…” LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Richard Valentine Morris of New York.
1072From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 18 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Inclosed is an application which has been made to the President. I request your opinion, as to the competency of the present allowance, or as to what would be a competent one, if you think the present deficient. When you communicate it, you will please to send back the representation now transmitted. I am, with great consideration, Sir, Your Obed Servant. LS , RG 36, Collector of Customs at...
1073Receipt from William Pearce, 18 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] November 18, 1791 . “Received November 18. 1791 of Alexander Hamilton Fifty Dollars on account of Machines for a Cotton Manufactory.” D , in the handwriting of H and signed by Pearce, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. For “A list of Mr Willm Pearce’s Machines,” see “Receipt from William Pearce,” August 20, 1791, note 2 .
1074Report on Imports for the Year Ending September 30, 1790, [18 November 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
In pursuance of the order of the Senate, I have the honor to transmit a return of the Imports of the United States so modified as to convey a considerable portion of the information which I conceive they require. I beg leave to observe that this document is a part of a set of papers relative to imports, exports and tonnage, which have been some time in preparation at the Treasury. Some others...
1075From Alexander Hamilton to John Lamb, [20 November 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
Your private letter of the 11th. instant duly came to hand. The inquiry concerning Mr. Rhinelander’s case has been officially answered. The apples you mention are not yet received, but all the other articles you have been so obliging as to forward have been received; and Mrs. Hamilton joins me in acknowlegements for them. She also desires her compliments to Mrs. Lamb. These marks of friendly...
1076From Alexander Hamilton to Jedediah Huntington, 21 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
From some inadvertence your letter, relative to vessels which put into the district of Newport, was placed among the answered letters, and has therefore lain without due attention. It is the duty of the Collectors of the several districts to pay attention to all vessels arriving within the same by whatever cause they may be led thither. If forty eight hours are likely to elapse after the...
1077From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 21 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor respectfully to submit to the President of the United States a Contract between the Collector of New-London and Nathaniel Richards for the supply of the Light house in that District for one year to end on the first day of October 1792. This agreement is on terms somewhat more favorable than those of the preceding year. A Contract between the...
1078To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 21 November 1791 (Washington Papers)
Treasury Department, Philadelphia, 21 Nov. 1791. Submits two contracts: one between the collector of New London, Conn., and Nathaniel Richards for supplying the lighthouses in that district for one year, to end on 1 Oct. 1792, the terms of which were somewhat more favorable than those of the preceding year; and another between the collector of New London and the keeper of the lighthouse there,...
1079From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Gerry, 22 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November 22, 1791. Asks Gerry to secure the papers which belonged to the office of the Marblehead collector of customs and which were in the possession of the estate of the late collector, Richard Harris. Letter not found. ] LS , sold at American Art Association, February 28, 1927, Lot 138. Gerry was collector of customs at Marblehead, Massachusetts. Summary of letter taken...
1080From Alexander Hamilton to Jedediah Huntington, 22 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I do not think, it will be necessary to require a refund from the officers of the revenue cutter in consequence of the payments to them at eleven cents per ration, as mentioned in your letter of the 10th. October. It is very much my wish that the article of rum may be as sparingly supplied as possible. Country rum at half a jill per man per day is, as I understand, as large an allowance as is...
1081From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 22 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor respectfully to submit to the President of the United States, a Contract made by the Collector of Portsmouth for keeping & supplying the Light house at the mouth of that harbour for six months. It is supposed that this agreement has been confined to the term of six months in order to a future commencement in the beginning of the year. The conditions...
1082From Alexander Hamilton to Joseph Whipple, 22 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November 22, 1791. On December 10, 1791, Whipple wrote to Hamilton : “I have recd. your letter of the 22 Ulto.” Letter not found. ]
1083To John Adams from Alexander Hamilton, 23 November 1791 (Adams Papers)
I have the honor to transmit to the Senate, in further obedience to their order, an estimate exhibiting the value, at the several places of shipment , of all foreign goods, wares and merchandize imported into the United States, during the year ending on the 30th. day of September 1790. The principal objects of this document are to exhibit the portion of our consumption which is supplied by...
1084From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, 23 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter of the 11th October has been duly received. Although, if it had occurred to you to forbear the institution of a suit, until application could have been made in due course for a remission of the forfeiture incurred, I should under the circumstances, of the case have approved of your conduct, yet it is certain, that you were strictly in order in every step you took and have furnished...
1085Report on Imports for the Year Ending September 30, 1790, 23 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to transmit to the Senate, in further obedience to their order, an estimate exhibiting the value, at the several places of shipment , of all foreign goods, wares and merchandize imported into the United States, during the year ending on the 30th. day of September 1790. The principal objects of this document are to exhibit the portion of our consumption which is supplied by...
1086From Alexander Hamilton to William Constable, [24 November 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
I have examined the draft herewith returned & perceive no objection to it. It can have no effect in severing the joint responsibility of the persons for what remains. I infer from the draft & take for granted the fact is that this release to part of the Obligers is pursuant to an arrangement between the whole. This is necessary to the propriety of the measure towards them. They agreeing, the...
1087From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 24 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
The President has received a petition from the keeper of the light house at Portland (Joseph Greenleaf) setting forth that his compensation is fixed below the rate at which he can afford to perform the service. It is understood that it was not a matter of contract, but that it was fixed at that rate after his appointment to the duty. Your opinion on the sufficiency of the allowance and on the...
1088From Alexander Hamilton to James Madison, [24 November 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
You will oblige me by taking the trouble to peruse the Report which accompanies this; and if the weather permit, I will call upon you sometime tomorrow or next day to converse on the subject of it. I remain with great esteem and regard D Sir Yr Obed ser It will not be disagreeable to me if after perusal you hand it over to Mr. Jefferson. ALS , University of Virginia. Presumably this is a...
1089To John Adams from Alexander Hamilton, 25 November 1791 (Adams Papers)
In further obedience to the order of the Senate, I have the honor to transmit a return of the Tonnage of all the vessels employed in the import, coasting, and fishing trades of the United States, for one year, ending on the 30th September, 1790. This document will be found to exhibit the degree in which American and foreign vessels participate in every branch of the commerce of the United...
1090From Alexander Hamilton to Alexander J. Dallas, 25 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, November 25, 1791. “I request you to make my acknowlegements to the Governor for the Copy of the Laws transmitted to me by his direction.…” ALS , Mr. Alexander Hamilton, New York City. In January, 1791, Dallas was appointed secretary of the state of Pennsylvania. Thomas Mifflin. An entry in the executive minutes of Pennsylvania for November 22, 1791, reads as follows:...
1091Report on Tonnage for the Year Ending September 30, 1790, 25 November 1791 [28 November 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
In further obedience to the order of the Senate, I have the honor to transmit a return of the Tonnage of all the vessels employed in the import, coasting, and fishing trades of the United States, for one year, ending on the 30th September, 1790. This document will be found to exhibit the degree in which American and foreign vessels participate in every branch of the commerce of the United...
1092From Alexander Hamilton to William Seton, 25 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I seize the first moment of leisure to answer your letter of the 21st. Strange as it may appear to you, it is not more strange than true, that the whole affair of branches was begun, continued and ended; not only without my participation but against my judgment . When I say against my judgment, you will not understand that my opinion was given and overruled, for I never was consulted, but that...
1093From Alexander Hamilton to Jedediah Huntington, 26 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November 26, 1791. Orders Huntington to “pay annually to the Surveyor of Stonington the Sum allowed by the Collection law.…” Letter not found. ] LS , sold at Swann Galleries, May 19, 1949, Lot 12. “An Act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or...
1094From Alexander Hamilton to William Short, 30 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letters of the 23rd. and 31st. of August and 3d of September remain unacknowledged. Mine to you of the 1st. of August 2nd. September and 3rd. of October will much abrige what is necessary to be said at this time. The prices of the public debt here rendering it questionable whether it be any longer the interest of the United States to prosecute the idea of purchases with monies borrowed at...
1095From Alexander Hamilton to Ann Pemberton, [December 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
Coll Hamilton with his Respects to Mrs. Pemberton returns the Agreement for the House the same having been copied at the Treasury. Copy, Papers of Tench Coxe in the Coxe Family Papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. See H to Ann Pemberton, December 2, 1791 (printed in this volume).
1096From Alexander Hamilton to Nathaniel Appleton, 1 December 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have directed the Treasurer to transmit you draughts for fifty five thousand dollars towards payment of the quarter’s interest ending the 31st. of December. These draughts are with blanks for the direction as heretofore, and may be filled with the name either of the Collector of Boston or of the Cashier of the Bank of North America, New York or Massachusetts. One half of these bills may at...
1097From Alexander Hamilton to Nathaniel Appleton, 2 December 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have upon reflexion concluded to authorise You to dispose of the whole of the draughts mentioned in my letter of yesterday upon either of the Banks of North America or New York in preference to the other mode then proposed. But in case you should find no demand for the whole or part of the draughts upon the two banks; it is to be understood that you are at liberty to avail yourself of the...
1098From Alexander Hamilton to Joseph Whipple, 2 December 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, December 2, 1791. On December 17, 1791, Whipple wrote to Hamilton : “I received by the last post your letter of the 2nd Instant.” Letter not found. ]
1099From Alexander Hamilton to Ann Pemberton, [2 December 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Hamilton presents his respects to Mrs. Pemberton—having no copy of the agreement respecting the hire of the house & lot in use of the Treasury Department he will be much obliged to her for one. If not convenient to furnish a copy & she will please to send the original it will be copied & returned. AL , Papers of Tench Coxe in the Coxe Family Papers at the Historical Society of...
1100To John Adams from Alexander Hamilton, 3 December 1791 (Adams Papers)
I have the honor to inform you that I have issued a warrant for the sum of five thousand two hundred and fifty six dollars in favor of the Secretary of the Senate (Samuel A. Otis Esq.) for the purpose of discharging the compensations due to the members of that body, grounded upon a pay roll certified by you to the 30th. ultimo inclusive. I take the liberty of communicating to the Senate that...