To Alexander Hamilton from John Nicholson, 26 March 1793
From John Nicholson1
Compl Genl. Office [Philadelphia]
March 26th 1793
sir
As an enquiry which required some time was made after the closure of the Loan with Sep: 1791 whether or not Certificates of this State might not have been subscribed which had been granted for Continental Certificates2—And as it is probable the like enquiry will be made respecting the subscriptions to the Loan which closed the 1st Instant3 before payment of interest or transfers will be allowed—and as there are some such Certificates included in the subscriptions to the last loan, I take the liberty to mention this now, and that I will prepare an equal quantity of principal & interest respectively to be delivered for the others when you shall think proper to make the necessary arrangements for performing the business.
I am with great respect Your obt ser
JN
A Hamilton Esqr
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LC, Division of Public Records, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg.
1. For background to this letter, see Nicholson to H, July 26, 1792, note 1.
2. See Thomas Mifflin to H, December 27, 1791; Nicholson to H, December 29, 1791, January 16, 17, 18, 1792; H to Nicholson, January 16, 1792.
3. The Federal loan had been reopened under “An Act supplementary to the act making provision for the Debt of the United States” ( 281–83 [May 8, 1792]).