From Alexander Hamilton to Winthrop Sargent, 31 December 1792
To Winthrop Sargent
Treasury Department
December 31. 1792
Sir
I duly received your letter of the 24th of October.1 An extreme press of business has prevented me, hitherto, from making a Report on your petition; but you may rely upon the promise which I now make you, that one will be very shortly made.2
I am, Sir, with consideration, Your Obedt Servant
A Hamilton
Winthrop Sargent Esq.
Cincinnati,
North West of the Ohio
LS, Ontario County Historical Society, Canandaigua, New York.
1. Letter not found.
2. See Sargent to H, October 28, 1793, January 2, 1794 ( , XV, 379–80, 605–07); “Report on the Petition of Winthrop Sargent,” January 31, 1794 ( , XV, 680–81).
On January 27, 1796, Sargent submitted another petition to Congress, which was referred to the Committee of Claims, but no other action was taken (
, II, 428).