To Alexander Hamilton from William Ellery, 3 March 1794
From William Ellery
[Newport, Rhode Island] March 3, 1794. “I have received your letter of the 7th of Feby. last1 acknowledging the reception of a duplicate Receipt of the Bank of Providence No. 58 for seven thousand Dolls.…2 I hope my Petition will not be forgotten.”3
LC, Newport Historical Society, Newport. Rhode Island.
1. Letter not found.
3. See Ellery to H, December 3, 1792; March 18, 1793. “An Act relative to the compensations of certain officers employed in the collection of the duties of impost and tonnage” ( 416–17 [February 14, 1795]) increased the compensation of the collectors of customs.