401From Alexander Hamilton to William Barton, 20 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, September 20, 1790. The endorsement in Hamilton’s writing on the letter which Barton wrote to Hamilton on August 9, 1790 , reads: “From Mr Barton acknowleged Sepr 20. 90.” Letter not found. ] Barton was surveyor at Providence.
402Conveyance: Alexander Hamilton to Jane Moncrieff, 20 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, September 20, 1790. Recites an indenture dated November 1, 1788, purportedly made by Jane Moncrieff, a widow, selling a lot on William Street to Hamilton for £1752.15.4. States that Mrs. Moncrieff inserted Hamilton’s name without his consent and that he refused to accept the indenture. Certified copy, recorded under the date of February 12, 1791, Conveyances in the Office of the...
403From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 21 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Doctor Craigie has communicated to me, a letter from Mr. Daniel Parker to him, dated, London the 12th of July, which mentions that he had just seen Mr. De Miranda, who had recently conversed with the Marquis Del Campo, from whom he had learnt that the Court of Spain had acceded to our right of navigating the Mississippi. Col: Smith has also read to me a passage out of another letter of the 6th...
404From Alexander Hamilton to Nathaniel Appleton, 23 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, September 23, 1790. On September 29, 1790, Appleton wrote to Hamilton : “I am favoured with yours of 23d Inst.” Letter not found. ]
405From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Smith, 23 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York ] September 23, 1790 . “I duly received your letter of the 30th Ultimo.… I have no objection to the two Gentlemen, whom you mention as your Securities, but I have on consideration of the Magnitude of the trust, thought it prudent to require three Bondsmen in several of the principal Loan Offices, of which that of Pennsylvania is one.…” LS , Historical Society of Pennsylvania,...
406Treasury Department Circular to the Collectors of the Customs, 23 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Some very important objects in the business of the next sessions of the Legislature will render the early transmission of the several quarterly returns and accounts that will be due the 30th. instant indispensibly necessary. The early receipt of these papers is not only requisite for some extraordinary purposes of this Department, but information drawn from them will be particularly desired by...
407From Alexander Hamilton to Sharp Delany, 24 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the 20th instant, enclosing one to you from Mr. William Bell of the same date. The Certificate mentioned in the latter was not found in your inclosure. I am always disposed to exercise the discretion that may be vested in me by the laws for the reasonable benefit of the fair trader in cases and under circumstances that admit of relief from me. Considerable...
408From Alexander Hamilton to Charles Lee, 24 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, September 24, 1790. “In this enclosure you will find ⟨a⟩ letter for you transmitted to me by the collector of Providence. You will find also a copy of my answer to the letter which covered that to you. I request from you an account of the Cargo which the Nancy carried from Alexandria to Providence.…” LS , RG 56, Letters to and from the Collector at Alexandria, National...
409From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, 24 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter containing a state of Facts in the case of the Cargo of the Sloop Nancy seized by the Collector of Alexandria. The Coasting Act renders it the duty of the Collectors to seize all Goods not contained in the Manifests of Vessels trading between two Districts in States that do not adjoin. Mr Lee therefo⟨re⟩ appears merely to have obeyed the injunctions of the...
410From Alexander Hamilton to Pierpont Edwards, [26 September 1790] (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, September 26, 1790. Hamilton’s frank appears on an envelope which is addressed to Edwards and postmarked “New York Sept. 26.” Letter not found. ] DS , The Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky.