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From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 26 June 1790

To George Washington

Treasury Department
June 26th. 1790

The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor respectfully to inform the President of the United states that the Collector of Charleston in south Carolina1 has stated to him,2 that a proposal has been made by James Robinson3 of Newport, Rhode Island, to the Collector, through the Commissioners of Pilotage of that Port, to supply six hundred gallons of spermaceti Oil, for the use of the Light house, at two shillings & six pence, Rhode Island Money, pr. gallon.

The Contract, which appears to the Secretary favourable to the United states, awaits the determination of the President.

Alexander Hamilton
Secy. of the Treasury

LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. George A. Hall.

2. Letter not found.

3. Robinson was a Newport, Rhode Island, merchant.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 26 June 1790
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    Washington, George
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    26 June 1790

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 26 June 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-06-02-0366. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 6, December 1789 – August 1790, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, pp. 473–474.]

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