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To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, William Macpherson, and Walter Stewart, 12 January 1795

From Sharp Delany, William Macpherson,
and Walter Stewart1

Philadelphia, January 12, 1795. “Among that Class of your Fellow Citizens, who truly lament your intended Resignation,2 We also as Officers of The Revenue of this District, beg leave to assure you, We feel it in the most sensible Degree. And if the warmest heartfelt Sentimen⟨ts⟩ of your Conduct, as a Statesman and in your Official Duties, can be pleasing or Usefull to your Feelings, We in the most explicit sense now offer them….”

LS, in Sharp Delany’s handwriting, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Delany was collector of customs for the port of Philadelphia; Macpherson, formerly surveyor and then inspector of the revenue for the port of Philadelphia, was naval officer for the District of Philadelphia; and Stewart was surveyor for the District of Philadelphia and inspector of the revenue for the port of Philadelphia.

2. See H to Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg, December 1, 1794; H to George Washington, December 1, 1794.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, William Macpherson, and Walter Stewart, 12 January 1795
    Authors
    Delany, Sharp
    Macpherson, William
    Stewart, Walter
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    12 January 1795

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, William Macpherson, and Walter Stewart, 12 January 1795,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-18-02-0037. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 18, January 1795 – July 1795, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1973, p. 32.]