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From Alexander Hamilton to Winthrop Sargent, 31 December 1792

To Winthrop Sargent

Treasury Department
December 31. 1792

Sir

I duly received your letter of the 24th of October.1 An extreme press of business has prevented me, hitherto, from making a Report on your petition; but you may rely upon the promise which I now make you, that one will be very shortly made.2

I am, Sir, with consideration, Your Obedt Servant

A Hamilton

Winthrop Sargent Esq.
Cincinnati,
North West of the Ohio

LS, Ontario County Historical Society, Canandaigua, New York.

1. Letter not found.

2. See Sargent to H, October 28, 1793, January 2, 1794 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , XV, 379–80, 605–07); “Report on the Petition of Winthrop Sargent,” January 31, 1794 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , XV, 680–81).

On January 27, 1796, Sargent submitted another petition to Congress, which was referred to the Committee of Claims, but no other action was taken (Journal of the House description begins Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States (Washington, 1826). description ends , II, 428).

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Winthrop Sargent, 31 December 1792
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    31 December 1792

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Winthrop Sargent, 31 December 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0002-0370. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 26, 1 May 1802 – 23 October 1804, Additional Documents 1774–1799, Addenda and Errata, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1979, p. 692.]

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