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From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 22 December 1792

To Benjamin Lincoln

Treasury Department, December 22, 1792. “Pursuant to an application from John Lee Esqr, Collector of Penobscot, I have to request that you will supply him with a dozen Certificates of Registry without delay.”1

LS, RG 36, Collector of Customs at Boston, Letters from the Treasury and Others, 1789–1809, Vol. 1, 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. Lincoln endorsed this letter “from Alex. Hamilton, Esq. directing a supply of registers to Mr. Lee. never complied with because no opportunity offered, & charity begins at home.” See also H to Lincoln, December 10, 1792.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 22 December 1792
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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 22 December 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-13-02-0187. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 13, November 1792 – February 1793, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967, p. 357.]

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