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To Alexander Hamilton from Josiah Crane, 12 June 1789

From Josiah Crane1

New York, June 12, 1789. “… [During the American Revolution] I Lodgd. at piramus in New Jersey. Early the Next morning we were Alarmd. by a party of the British, where I narrowly Escapd. with my life, and was Deprived of all I had in the World Except a few Loan office Certificates.… I am now A Ruind. man, and if my Country Shoud. not think that I merit Some Little Relief for the Support of my famaly, God knows what will become of us.… I shall … Conclude, With Beging you do What you think is Necessary.…”

ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Before the American Revolution Crane had been a merchant in the West Indies.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Josiah Crane, 12 June 1789
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    Crane, Josiah
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    12 June 1789

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Josiah Crane, 12 June 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-05-02-0138. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 5, June 1788 – November 1789, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 344.]