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From Alexander Hamilton to Richard Varick, [4 May 1798]

To Richard Varick1

[New York, May 4, 1798]

Dr Sir

A friend of mine has a sudden and unexpected call for 5000 Dollars which I am anxious to assist him with. Can you assist me with 1000 under the certainty that it will be replaced on Wednesday next? If you can you will do me a pleasure.2

Yrs.

A Hamilton

May 4. 1798

ALS, from a typescript supplied by an anonymous donor.

1. Varick was mayor of New York City.

2. At the bottom of this letter the following receipt is written: “Received from Richard Varick Esqr a check for 1000 Dollars above Mentioned. J. W. Patterson for Coll. Hamilton. May 4th, 1798.”

John W. Patterson was a clerk in H’s law office. See John Patterson to H, January 12, 1796.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Richard Varick, [4 May 1798]
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Varick, Richard
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    4 May 1798

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Richard Varick, [4 May 1798],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-21-02-0251. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 21, April 1797 – July 1798, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1974, p. 457.]

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