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To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 28 January 1795

From Tench Coxe

T:D: R:O: January 28 1795

Mr Coxe presents his compliments to the Secretary of the Treasury and reminds him of the Subject of the Delaware piers, in lieu of those destroyed, as a harbour, by the building of Fortifications.1 Also of the Superintendence of the Light House at Cape Fear.2 He wishes to be informed whether the contract for Segwin Light House is to be proceeded in.3 Also of the Presidents determination in regard to the Keepers House on Plumb Island, on which a statement was transmitted September 25th 1794.4

LC, RG 26, Lighthouse Letters, Vol. I, National Archives.

1. For information on the fortification of ports and harbors, see Henry Knox to H, March 29, 1794.

2. See Coxe to H, March 11, September 25, fourth letter of December 13, 1794.

3. See Coxe to H, first letter of December 9, 1794.

4. See Coxe to H, May 24, September 25, 1794.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 28 January 1795
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 28 January 1795,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-18-02-0112. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 18, January 1795 – July 1795, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1973, p. 201.]

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