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From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 24 November 1791

To Benjamin Lincoln

Treasury Department
Nov. 24, 1791.

Sir

The President has received a petition from the keeper of the light house at Portland (Joseph Greenleaf) setting forth that his compensation is fixed below the rate at which he can afford to perform the service. It is understood that it was not a matter of contract, but that it was fixed at that rate after his appointment to the duty. Your opinion on the sufficiency of the allowance and on the degree to which it may be expedient, if at all, to increase it, are desired.1

I am, Sir,   Your most obedt. servant

Benj. Lincoln Esq.
Collector
Boston.

L[S], RG 36, Collector of Customs at Boston, Letters and Papers re Lighthouses, Buoys, and Piers, 1789–1819, Vol. 4, National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to Collectors at Small Ports, “Set G,” National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to the Collector at Boston, National Archives.

1. This sentence is in H’s handwriting.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 24 November 1791
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Lincoln, Benjamin
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    24 November 1791

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 24 November 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-09-02-0391. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 9, August 1791 – December 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1965, pp. 527–528.]

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