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To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [8 August 1793]

From George Washington1

[Philadelphia, August 8, 1793]

You having stated to me that there will be due & payable on the first of June next on account of the Loans heretofore made by the United States in Holland, the sum of one million of Florins.

I do therefore hereby direct & require that you will take measures for procuring in due time by way of Loan the said sum of one million of florins, to be applied to the payment of the aforesaid installments.

Provided always that the terms & conditions of the said Loan or Loans be according to Law.

Given under my hand at Philada. the Eighth day of August 1793.

Go. Washington

LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. For background to this document, see H to Washington, June 3, 15, 24, July 24, 1793, and Washington to H, June 6, July 22, 27, second letter of August 8, 1793.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [8 August 1793]
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    Washington, George
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    8 August 1793

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [8 August 1793],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-15-02-0155. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 15, June 1793 – January 1794, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1969, p. 209.]

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