541To Alexander Hamilton from Joseph Whipple, 10 May 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, May 10, 1790. Sends an account of payments to invalid veterans. States that New Hampshire “has paid Several of those Invalids to the 31 July 1789,” but that additional money “is requisite to discharge the first Moiety of the Said years Pension.” LC , RG 36, Collector of Customs at Portsmouth, Letters Sent, 1789–1790, Vol. 1, National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters...
542To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 27 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, Revenue Office, June 27, 1792. Encloses “a contract between the Superintendant of the Delaware light House and Benjamin Price for two mooring Chains for two of the Beacon boats stationed in the bay of Delaware.” LC , RG 58, Letters of Commissioner of Revenue, 1792–1793, National Archives. William Allibone.
543To Alexander Hamilton from Wilhem and Jan Willink, Nicholaas and Jacob Van Staphorst, and Nicholas Hubbard, 25 February … (Hamilton Papers)
[ Amsterdam, February 25, 1793. On April 4, 1793, Willink, Van Staphorst, and Hubbard wrote to Hamilton : “We had the honor to address you the … 25 February.” Letter not found. ]
544To Alexander Hamilton from Henry Knox, 8 August 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, August 8, 1794. On August 12, 1794, Tench Coxe wrote to Samuel Hodgdon: “I have just received from the secy. of the Treasy a letter to him of the 8th. inst. from the Secy. at War, containing a requisition of certain articles.” Letter not found. ] Hodgdon was commissary of military stores. See H to Knox, June 20, 1794 . LC , RG 75, Letters of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of the...
545To Alexander Hamilton from William Tilghman, 23 July 1796 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, July 23, 1796. Tilghman endorsed a letter from Hamilton, dated July 18, 1796 : “ansd. 23 July.” Letter not found. ]
546To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 9 April 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ April 9, 1793. On April 11, 1793, Hamilton sent to George Washington “a communication of the 9 instant from the Commissioner of the Revenue.” Letter not found. ]
547To Alexander Hamilton from Isaac Hazlehurst, 23 August 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, August 23, 1793. On the cover of a letter from Hamilton, dated August 23, 1793, Hazlehurst wrote: “recd. & ansd. the same day.” Letter not found. ]
548From Thomas Jefferson to Alexander Hamilton, 24 November 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his respectful compliments to the Secretary of the Treasury, and incloses him a note from Mr. Droz, the coiner, which he forgot to deliver to him to-day when he had the honour of waiting on him. It came to hand yesterday. PrC ( DLC ); not recorded in SJL . The enclosed note from Droz was in that from Grand to TJ, 28 Aug. 1790.
549To Alexander Hamilton from Otho H. Williams, 26 January 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Baltimore, January 26, 1791. Acknowledges receipt of Hamilton’s circular letter of December 18, 1790 . Returns a “broken thermometer with the expectation of being furnished with one that may be more safely conveyed.” ADfS , RG 53, “Old Correspondence,” Baltimore Collector, National Archives.
550To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Smith, 27 June 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] June 27, 1793 . Sends itemized “statement of the Stock remaining on the Books of this Office … for the quarter ending the 30th June.” States that the total is “Dollars 26.013..2..6.” LC , RG 53, Pennsylvania State Loan Office, Letter Book, 1790–1794, Vol. “615-P,” National Archives. Smith was commissioner of loans for Pennsylvania.
551To Alexander Hamilton from William Ellery, 4 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Newport, Rhode Island ] June 4, 1792 . “I have received your letter circular of the 22nd. of the last month and will correspond in future with the Commissioner of the Revenue touching all matters relating to the Light house establishment and take his directions thereon.…” LC , Newport Historical Society, Newport, Rhode Island.
552To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 5 January 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] January 5, 1795 . Requests “an early opportunity of confering … upon the rough draught of an Act for the President relative to compensations, which he finished yesterday.” LC , RG 58, Letters of Commissioner of Revenue, 1794–1795, National Archives. For background to this letter, see Coxe to H, July 15, 1794, notes 4 and 5 , December 13 , 26 , 30, 1794 ; H to Coxe, December 9 ,
553To Alexander Hamilton from Beverley Randolph, 28 January 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Richmond, January 28, 1791. “Your favour of the 14th. instant has been duly received and I now do myself the honour to inclose you the amount of final settlement Certificates delivered to the state of Virginia, by the Continental Agent.…” LC , Archives Division, Virginia State Library, Richmond. “Treasury Department Circular to the Governors of the States,” January 14, 1791 .
554To Alexander Hamilton from Michael Dawson, 1 January 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, January 1, 1790. Applies for the contract for the maintenance of the buoys and beacons in Delaware River and Bay. LS , RG 26, Early Lighthouse Letters, National Archives. Dawson was a Delaware River pilot who had been employed by Pennsylvania to maintain the aids to navigation in the Delaware River.
555To Alexander Hamilton from George Gale, 23 August 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Baltimore, August 23, 1794. On August 27, 1794, Hamilton wrote to Gale : “I have received your letter of the 23d. instant.” Letter not found. ] Gale, who was supervisor of the revenue for the District of Maryland, was in charge of supplying the Maryland militia.
556To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 28 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, November 28, 1791. “Your circular Letter of the 11th Instant, to which I shall pay due attention, induces me to ask whether any allowance (which has been demanded here) is to be made in ascertaining the Duties on broken and unshelled Coffee and Cocoa of an inferior quality generally purchased in the West Indies at about half the price of Merchantable? You will oblige me Sir, by...
557To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 22 December 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, December 22, 1791. “I yesterday received your favor of the 23rd. of Novemr. Your approbation of my Conduct in the Case of the Brigt. Betsey, affords me the sincerest Satisfaction; and in future, should similar breaches of the Law occur within this District, I shall proceed in the way you have now suggested, as a less expensive and more speedy Mode of Determination; and, in...
558To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 22 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
This will merely inform you that your letter of the 10th. with its enclosure and that of the 11th. Inst: have been duly received; and that if the Regulations of your Department, mentioned in the former, are carried strictly into execution, the most happy consequences, it is to be hoped, will result from them. I am Sir &c. LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. 1. Letter not found.
559To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 31 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, December 31, 1792. Replies to Hamilton’s “circular Letter of the 12th of Octr. last.” ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.
560To Alexander Hamilton from Jedediah Huntington, 22 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
New London [ Connecticut ] September 22, 1790 . “Mr Nathaniel Richards will contract to supply the Light House at this Port, for one year from the first of October next with Oil, Wick, Candles & Soap … for 380 Dollars.… I have agreed to give Daniel Harris for tending the Light 80 dollars ⅌ year.…” ALS , RG 26, Lighthouse Letters Received, Vol. “C,” Connecticut and New York, National Archives....
561To Alexander Hamilton from Francis Childs, 11 February 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, February 11, 1792. On February 27, 1792, Hamilton wrote to Childs : “I duly received your letter of the 11th instant.” Letter not found. ] Childs was editor of The [New York] Daily Advertiser and printer for the state of New York. He also provided financial support and publication arrangements for the [Philadelphia] National Gazette , which had commenced publication on October 31,...
562To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 10 April 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, April 10, 1792. On April 12, 1792, Hamilton wrote to Seton : “I have your letters of the 10th & 11th.” Letter of April 10 not found. ]
563To Alexander Hamilton from Jacob Wray, 12 October 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
Hampton, Virginia, October 12, 1789. “Your letter of the first Instant came to hand yesterday we have no Lighthouse Beacon or Buoys in this District but if a Lighthouse was fixed on Cape Henry & also Smaller Lights on old point Comfort & New point Comfort it would inlighten the great Chesapeek Bay as the most wild & dangerous part of the Bay it would gain the Blessing of Thousands.…” ALS , RG...
564To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Jefferson, [31 March 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to the Secretary of the Treasury. & is obliged to recall to his mind the order of the President inclosed to him on the 23d. inst. Tuesday being the last day allowed Th: J. for transmitting bills by the packet. AL , Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress. For background to this letter, see Jefferson to H, March 23, 1793 ; George Washington to H,...
565To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, 20 August 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] August 20, 1790 . “My last Quarters Accounts I forward for settlement by this Post—with receipts of the Bank June 26th 9,000 Dollars & July 31, for 35,000. I took the Liberty of mentioning to you before the necessity of having a similarity of Papers throughout the different Custom houses of the Union. I beg leave to lay it before you again.…” LC , Copies of Letters to the...
566To Alexander Hamilton from Meletiah Jordan, 2 April 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Frenchman’s Bay [ District of Maine ] April 2, 1792 . “… The difficult situation of this District of which I have already informed you has obliged my purchasing a small Boat.…” LC , RG 56, Letters to Collectors at Gloucester, Machias, and Frenchman’s Bay, National Archives. Jordan was collector of customs at Frenchman’s Bay, District of Maine. See Jordan to H, July 1, 1791 .
567To Alexander Hamilton from Vincent Gray, 11 May 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Alexandria, Virginia, May 11, 1790 . On May 21, 1790, Hamilton wrote to Charles Lee: “I have this day received a letter from Mr Vincent Gray … dated 11th instant.” Letter not found. ] Gray was deputy collector of customs at Alexandria. The letter from Lee has not been printed because it pertains to routine Treasury Department matters. It may be found in RG 36, Collector of Customs at...
568To Alexander Hamilton from Tjerck C. DeWitt, 16 March 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Kingston [ New York ] March 16, 1795 . Asks Hamilton to serve as “Council in all Cases” for the town of Kingston. ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. DeWitt was clerk of Kingston. An entry for March 16, 1795, in the “Memoranda of Retainers” in H’s Law Register, 1795–1804, reads: “Corporation of Kingston old Retainer no new ” ( D , partially in H’s handwriting, New York Law Institute,...
569To Alexander Hamilton from Nicholas Cruger, 3 October 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York ] October 3, 1789. “Most sincerely do I Congratulate you on your Late appointment. I had Promis’d Mr. Harrison my Law business when ever you Declin’d it. I must therefore begg you will send me … [various] Papers [in your possession] which I mean to Put into his hands.…” ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Cruger was a member of a prominent merchant family of New York City...
570To Alexander Hamilton from Theodore Foster, [4 August 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
[ August 4, 1791. On September 1, 1791, Hamilton wrote to Foster : “I have had the pleasure of receiving your two letters of the 23rd July & 4th of August.” Letter of August 4 not found. ] Foster, a Providence, Rhode Island, lawyer, had served in the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1776 to 1782, as town clerk of Providence from 1775 to 1787, and was appointed judge of the Court of...