7951From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Smith, 17 August 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, August 17, 1793. On August 20, 1793, Smith wrote to Hamilton : “Yours of 17 Inst. I have recd.” Letter not found. ]
7952From Alexander Hamilton to Henry Knox, 12 February 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Inclosed you will find the copy of a letter from Mr. Habersham of the 16th ultimo. The bearer of it (who is mentioned in it) informs me that from the month of June last till he left Georgia, there had been kept on foot from a thousand to twelve hundred Militia and that arrangements appeared to be going on for encreasing the number. The expense you will perceive, has been out of all proportion...
7953From Alexander Hamilton to Tobias Lear, 23 March 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I find it necessary to request of you the Commissions of the several gentlemen, whom the President was pleased to appoint as Commissioners to receive subscriptions to the Bank of the United States. The persons appointed are Thomas Willing } of Pennsylvania David Rittenhouse Saml. Howell John Beale Bordley of Maryland and Lambert Cadwalader of New Jersey. You will oblige me by procuring the...
7954From Alexander Hamilton to Richard Harrison, [2 December 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, December 2, 1793. The dealer’s catalogue description of this letter reads: “Regarding the account of Young & Dannacker for ‘surplus cloathing furnished for the use of the army. As it appears that the Cloathing for the Sergeants & musicians has been made of cloth of a very superior quality, it is my wish that [they] be allowed an extraordinary compensation therefor.…” Letter not...
7955From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 12 April 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, April 12, 1794. Submits “two resolutions of the Commissioners of the Sinking fund of the 9th instant.” LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. See “Meeting of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund,” April 9, 1794 .
7956From Alexander Hamilton to Jedidiah Morse, [4 January 1796] (Hamilton Papers)
You will confer a favour upon me by permitting me to render you the little service which may be in my power on the present occasion & without compensation. Be assured it will give real pleasure & let that be my recompence. Mr. Kent & I have conferred on your affair. It is necessary for us to see the book in question in order to a safe opinion. Can one be had? With respect & esteem Sir Your...
7957To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 30 July 1792 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to transmit herewith sundry papers relative to an arrangement, which has been concerted between the Commissioner of the Revenue and myself, on the subject of compensation to the Officers of Inspection, in consequence of additional latitude given to The President of the United States by the Act of the last Session entitled, An Act concerning the duties on spirits distilled...
7958From Alexander Hamilton to William Short, 4 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Since my last to you of the 25th Ultimo, I have received a letter from our Commissioners at Amsterdam, informing me of their having recently instituted another loan for the United States, of three millions, at four per Cent interest, to be dated the first of June last. I have concluded to destine the money arising from this loan towards payment of the debt due to France, and you will...
7959From Alexander Hamilton to James Reynolds, [24 June 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
Inclosed are 50 dollars, they could not be sent sooner. “Reynolds Pamphlet,” August 31, 1797 . This payment of blackmail was in response to Reynolds to H, June 23, 1792 .
7960To John Adams from Alexander Hamilton, 21 December 1790 (Adams Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury presents his respects to the Vice President and sends him the report of the Trustees of the Sinking Fund with the Documents referred to in it, in Triplicates according to the direction of the Board— He begs leave to remind The Vice President that this is the last day; of course it is necessary it should be presented to day. He is sorry that it could not have been...
7961From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 4 May 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury respectfully communicates to The President of the United States a letter of the 28 of April received yesterday from the Commissioner of the Revenue. In the early part of the ensuing week he will have the honor of waiting upon the president to submit his ideas on the several points raised, & take the President’s orders thereupon. LC , George Washington Papers,...
7962From Alexander Hamilton to William Henderson, [21 September 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, September 21, 1792. On September 24, 1792, Henderson wrote to Hamilton : “Your favor of the 21st. inst. I duly received.” Letter not found. ] Henderson was a New York City insurance broker, a stockholder in the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, and a land speculator.
7963From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 14 July 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, July 14, 1790. Encloses the commissions for the various lighthouse keepers in Massachusetts. LS , RG 36, Collector of Customs at Boston, Letters and Papers re Lighthouses, Buoys, and Piers, 1789–1819, Vol. 1, National Archives.
7964From Alexander Hamilton to George Gale, 28 September 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Your two letters of the 25th. are before me. It will be agreeable to me that you have made and forwarded to Fort Cumberland as many Jacketts and Trowsers as you will be able to get there by the 15th. of October; sending them forward as fast as they are ready. The Jacketts ought to be made of some of the Stuffs of which sailors Jacketts are usually made, and like them without Skirts, but of...
7965From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Pinckney, 12 July 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
I am to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the second of March 1794 enclosing the Register of the Mary of Boston and a bill of exchange for Mr. Lacolombe, which shall be delivered to him upon his return from New York. In my letter to you of the 25th of June last, I omitted to mention, that if the whole or a part of the articles intended for the equipment of the Frigates should be...
7966Enclosure: [Ideas on the Subject of Direct Taxes], [January 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
A Million of Dollars per annum to be raised on buildings and lands on the following plan I Upon inhabited dwelling houses thus— Upon every such house of the description and denomination of a log house at the rate of 20 Cents for each room or apartment thereof exclusive of Garret & Cellar Upon every other inhabited dwelling house of two rooms or apartments, exclusive of Halls or Entries...
7967From Alexander Hamilton to Robert Troup, [30 June 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, June 30, 1792. “I think, I sometime since, requested you to settle my account with Judge Hobart. In turning over my papers, I find the enclosed—which I send you, in order that you may have the goodness if anything remains due, to discharge it.” Letter not found. ] ALS , sold by Kenneth W. Rendell, Inc., Catalogue No. 70, Lot 55. John Sloss Hobart, a member from Suffolk County,...
7968Report on a Petition of Philip Verplank, [12 April 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury, pursuant to an Order of the House of Representatives, of the 14th of July, 1790, referring to him the petition of Philip Verplank, respectfully reports; That by reference to the accounts of William Barber, esquire, late Commissioner for the State of New York, it appears, that an account was exhibited to him, for wood, grain, and other supplies, taken by the...
7969From Alexander Hamilton to Tench Coxe, [1–15 August 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, August 1–15, 1794. ] “It will be proper to instruct Mr. Carrington to give facility to a legal decision in any case where it may be desired—taking care to secure an appeal in the last resort to the Supreme Court.” AL , RG 58, General Records, 1791–1803, National Archives. This note appears on an envelope addressed to H and attached to an “Extract of a letter from the Supervisor...
7970From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 11 April 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, April 11, 1793. Encloses “a communication of the 9 instant from the Commissioner of the Revenue, this morning received, transmitting a Contract with Abishai Woodward as Superintendant of the workmen to be employed in completing the Lighthouse at Bald-Head.” Recommends that the contract be approved. LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Letter from Tench Coxe...
7971To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 19 July 1793 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury presents his respects to The President of the U.S. has the honor to send him for his information a letter which he has just received from our Commissioners at Amsterdam. LB , DLC:GW . The letter to Hamilton from the Dutch banking firm of Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard of 1 May 1793 reported that the United States “required a Loan for Two Millions of Guilders” to...
7972From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [12 May 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury presents his respects to the President & sends the enclosed for his decision —submitting his opinion that it is not adviseable to grant the permission requested. This case is not precisely within the rule already adopted as a general one. LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. The enclosure was a letter which Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet wrote to...
7973From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 23 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, January 23, 1792. Submits “the draft of a Report, pursuant to an order of the House of Representatives of the first day of November last.” LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. See “Report on the Public Debt and Loans,” January 23, 1792
7974From Alexander Hamilton to Hall and Stimpson, 11 February 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, February 11, 1797. “The suits against Riley as a Partner of Wetmore are expected to be matured for Trial at the ensuing Circuit Court which begins the 20th of March. I should of course want the original documents to establish the Copartnership and the original notes & acknowleged accounts to establish the respective demands of the parties. As the measures preparatory to Trial are...
7975From Alexander Hamilton to Pierpont Edwards, 9 May 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Your account being allowed and certified by the District Judge must be forwarded to the Auditor of the Treasury, who will put it in a course of adjustment according to the forms of the Treasury. You ought also to empower some person on the spot to receive and remit to you the amount of your account. The remittance can commonly be negotiated by a draught on one of your Collectors. I am with...
7976From Alexander Hamilton to Oliver Wolcott, Junior, [26 June 1796] (Hamilton Papers)
I learn from a Gentleman of character that a prize brought into Boston by a French Privateer is about to be sold. This being in direct breach of our Treaty with G Britain how does it happen? Though no particular law passed, the Treaty being the law of the land, Our custom houses can & ought to prevent the entry & sale of prizes, upon Executive instruction. If any thing is wanting to this end...
7977From Alexander Hamilton to William Seton, 24 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I feel great satisfaction in knowing from yourself, that your institution rejects the idea of coalition with the new project, or rather Hydra of projects. I shall labour to give what has taken place a turn favourable to another Union; the propriety of which is as you say clearly illustrated by the present state of things. It is my wish that the Bank of New York may, by all means, continue to...
7978To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 4 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
Upon receipt of the communication to you from the Governor of Pennsylvania of the 18 of April last, I put that letter and the papers attending it into the hands of the Commissioner of the Revenue to examine into the suggestions made & report to me concerning them. The result is contained in a letter from that Officer dated the 25 of April, (which hurry of business put out of sight) and which...
7979From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 11 September 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Herewith is an official letter submitting the draft of a Proclamation. I reserve some observations as most proper for a private letter. In the case of a former proclamation I observe it was under the seal of the UStates and countersigned by the Secretary of State. If the precedent was now to be formed I should express a doubt whether it was such an instrument as ought to be under the seal of...
7980From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [2 December 1790] (Hamilton Papers)
The day before yesterday I received a letter from Mr. Woodbury Langdon declining the appointment offered him. There was a letter with it for you which I immediately forwarded. Since that time I have conversed with Mr. Langdon & have heared from Mr. Gilman; the former is warm in his recommendation of Mr. Keith Spence; he states that his insolvency was owing to the loss of a valuable ship &...