To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 18 July 1793
From Tobias Lear1
United States July 18th. 1793.
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to inform the Secretary of the Treasury, that the President having duly considered the Representation of the Commissioner of the Revenue and the other documents relative to the compensations of the Keepers of the Light Houses, which were put into his hands by the Secretary, Approves of the Alterations of certain compensations as suggested by the Secretary, vizt.
1st. For the Keeper of the Light House on
Thatchers Island | pr. Annum | 266 ⅔ drs | ||
2 | do | Boston Bay | 266 ⅔ | |
3 | do | Plymouth | 200 | |
4 | do | Portland Head | 160 | |
5 | do | Cananicut | 160 | |
6 | do | New London | 120 | |
7 | do | Sandy Hook | 266.⅔ |
to commence from the 1st day of the present Month.
The President thinks it proper that the Keeper of the Light-House at Portsmouth be informed, that he must reside on the spot where the Light House is, if he continues in that office, and that he will not be permitted to employ a deputy to take care of the Light House, unless upon some special occasion.
Tobias Lear
Secretary to the President
of the United States
Copy, RG 26, “Segregated” Lighthouse Records, Lear, National Archives.
1. This letter is in reply to H to George Washington, June 22, 1793.