2791From Alexander Hamilton to Moses Brown, 2 April 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Albany, April 2, 1795. “Particular circumstances have interfered until this time with my acknog the receipt & replying to your letter of the 9th March last. After full reflection I am of opinion that I cannot with propriety be concerned on your behalf in the Case you mention. This arises from the Situation in which I have been with regard to the subject of it as a Public officer and from my...
2792From Alexander Hamilton to Tjerck C. DeWitt, 2 April 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Albany, April 2, 1795. Accepts DeWitt’s offer to serve as counsel for the town of Kingston, New York, except for two cases in which he has been retained by other clients. ADf , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. H wrote this draft on the back of DeWitt’s letter to him of March 16, 1795 .
2793From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Willing, 5 April 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Henry Kuhl Principal Clerk in the Comptrollers office has informed me that he is a candidate for the place of Assistant Cashier to the Bank of the UStates and has requested a testimonial of my opinion of his qualifications. I without scruple give it and in the strongest manner: I cannot imagine a man better qualified for such a place than he is. A thorough knowlege of accounts—a very clear...
2794From Alexander Hamilton to William Bradford, 10 April 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Albany, April 10, 1795. On April 10, 1795, Hamilton wrote to Oliver Wolcott, Jr. : “I send a letter to The Attorney General which you will read seal & deliver.” Letter not found. ]
2795From Alexander Hamilton to Oliver Wolcott, Junior, 10 April 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
I wrote you a few lines by the last Post. I sit down to fulfil my promise then made. The fulfilment of our foreign engagements under the existing circumstances is no doubt a perplexing task—But I hope it will not be found impracticable to effect enough to preserve character and credit. Every thing must be done to this end, though with considerable sacrifices, provided you do not go so far as...
2796From Alexander Hamilton to Horace and Seth Johnson and Company, 13 April 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Albany, April 13, 1795. On April 22, 1795, Johnson and Company wrote to Hamilton : “Your favor of the 13th inst. is recd.” Letter not found. ] See Horace and Seth Johnson and Company to H, April 9, 1795, note 4 .
2797From Alexander Hamilton to Robert Troup, 13 April 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
I should want feeling & friendship were I not penetrated by the affectionate concern you so repeatedly manifest for my interest. Without knowing the particulars of the plan to which you refer I ought not to decide finally against it. But I very much believe that it will not comport with my general system which is to avoid large or complicated speculations especially where foreigners are...
2798From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 14 April 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Albany, April 14, 1795. Letter listed in dealer’s catalogue. Letter not found. ] ALS , sold at C. F. Libbie and Company, February 25, 1909, Item 674.
2799From Alexander Hamilton to Comfort Sands, 20 April 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Albany, April 20, 1795. On April 27, 1795, Sands wrote to Hamilton : “Your Favor of the 20th I have Recieved.” Letter not found. ] Sands, a New York City merchant, was president of the city’s Chamber of Commerce.
2800From Alexander Hamilton to James Watson, 20 April 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Albany, April 20, 1795. Advises “a resort to Chancery” in a land case involving Watson and William Constable. ALS , The Oneida Historical Society at Utica, New York. Constable was a New York merchant and speculator. An entry under the date of March 18, 1795, in the “Memoranda of Retainers” in H’s Law Register, 1795–1804, reads: “James Watson v Wm Constable 100” ( D , partially in H’s...
2801From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 27 April 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Albany, April 27, 1795. On May 31, 1795, Wadsworth wrote to Hamilton : “Your favor of the 27 April came duly to hand.” Letter not found. ]
2802From Alexander Hamilton to William Bradford, 10 May 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Albany, May 10, 1795. On May 21, 1795, Bradford wrote to Hamilton : “I thank you very sincerely for your letter of the 10th. inst.” Letter not found. ]
2803From Alexander Hamilton to Richard Varick, 12 [May] 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
The last post but one brought me your letter transmitting me a certificate of the freedom of the City of New York. Among the precious testimonies, I have received, of the approbation of my immediate fellow Citizens, none is more acceptable or more flattering to me than that which I now acknowlege. I beg you to convey to the Board the expressions of my high sense of the honor they have done me...
2804From Alexander Hamilton to Jonathan Burrall, 25 May 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
I have this day drawn upon you in the name of Leonard Ganseevort & Co. for One hundred Dollars in the belief that Robert Troupe has deposited in your Office a larger sum in my name. If there is any misapprehension you will oblige me by calling upon him & he will enable you to pay my order. Should he be absent Judge John Laurance will do it. Should both be absent I will ask the favour of you to...
2805From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 26 May 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
I find on perusing the papers that the account received by letter of a certain transaction was not accurate and though there was a very improper transacti⟨on⟩ several of the suggestions in a paper lately sent you are not correct. If not too late you will forbear to do with it as was intended. Yrs. ALS , Jeremiah Wadsworth Papers, Library of Congress. Letter not found.
2806From Alexander Hamilton to Robert Morris, 1 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, June 1, 1795. On June 2, 1795, Morris wrote to Hamilton : “I have this minute Received your favour of yesterday.” Letter not found. ]
2807From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Willing, 3 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
I will thank you to have made out and forwarded to me my account with the Bank from the period the ballance was last struck & forwarded. Having lost my Bank book I am not able to name it but I presume it will appear by the books of the Bank. With true respect & esteem I am Dr. Sir Your Obed serv ALS , Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. According to an undated document in the...
2808From Alexander Hamilton to Joseph Anthony, 11 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, June 11, 1795. On the cover of a letter which Anthony wrote to Hamilton on May 16, 1795 , Hamilton wrote: “Answered June 11.” Letter not found. ]
2809From Alexander Hamilton to Theodorus V. W. Graham, 11 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, June 11, 1795. On June 23, 1795, Graham wrote to Hamilton and referred to “Yours of the 11th. current.” Letter not found. ] Graham was an Albany attorney and alderman.
2810From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 11 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
I thank you for your letter of the 10th. The case has been with me as with you. Reflection has not mitigated the exceptionable point. Yet it will be to be lamented if no mode can be devised to save the main object and close the irritable questions which are provided for. Every thing besides an absolute & simple ratification will put something in jeopardy. But while on the one hand, I think it...
2811From Alexander Hamilton to Abraham Yates, Junior, 12 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, June 12, 1795. Gives legal opinion on the “advantages of Anchorage and Wharfage in the Port & Harbour of Albany.” ALS , in extra-illustrated edition of Washington Irving’s Life of George Washington [New York, 1857], II, 2; copy, “Minutes of the Albany Common Council,” from the original in the New York State Library, Albany. This letter is addressed to the mayor, recorder, and...
2812From Alexander Hamilton to William Bradford, 13 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Yours of the 21st of May by going to Albany did not reach me till yesterday. The expectation of Mr. Adet properly varied the course of proceeding. I am glad the impression with you corresponded with mine. If Mr. Randolph shewed Fauchet any part of the instructions to Mr. Jay —I do not much regret that he manifests displeasure at the witholding of a part. When shall we cease to consider...
2813From Alexander Hamilton to Oliver Wolcott, Junior, 13 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter from New York after a circuit by Albany found me here. I forgot to observe to you in my last, that unless there were objections to it which did not occur to me, it appeared adviseable, if not done, to institute at Amsterdam a plan for subscribing the Dutch and Antwerp Debt. It may be conducted under the management of our Commissioners with the Superintendence of our Minister. In...
2814From Alexander Hamilton to Oliver Wolcott, Junior, 15 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, June 15, 1795. On June 18, 1795, Wolcott wrote to Hamilton : “I have recd. your Letters of June 13th. & 15th.” Letter of June 15 not found. ]
2815From Alexander Hamilton to John Langdon, 16 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Will you allow me the liberty of introducing to your civilities Mr. De Liancourt and the Gentleman who accompanies him, Mr. Guillemand, a young Englishman who is mentioned to me as a man of sense information and worth. I take it for granted you made Mr. De Liancourt’s acquaintance at Philadelphia and that you know his character. Your politeness and hospitality are destined to be taxed. I will...
2816From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Tallmadge, 16 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, June 16, 1795. On June 20, 1795, Tallmadge wrote to Hamilton and referred to “your Letter of the 16th. instant.” Letter not found. ] Tallmadge, a merchant in Litchfield, Connecticut, was treasurer of the Ohio Company. During the American Revolution, Tallmadge served as a lieutenant in the Continental line and was promoted successively to captain, major, and colonel of dragoons....
2817From Alexander Hamilton to Richard Varick, 16 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
I beg the favour of you to cause a search to be made in your office for books belonging to me, and if any are found to send them to me. Inclosed is a list of books which I miss. There may be others of which I have neither minute or recollection—but I believe my name will be found written in any that belong to me. I am Sir your very obedt. Servt LS , from a facsimile printed in Goebel, Law...
2818Enclosure: Deficient Books of Mr. Hamilton’s Law Library, [16 June 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
D , from a facsimile printed in Goebel, Law Practice Julius Goebel, Jr., ed., The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton: Documents and Commentary (New York and London, 1964– ) , I, 852. For the full titles and publishing information on the books on this list, see Goebel, Law Practice Julius Goebel, Jr., ed., The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton: Documents and Commentary (New York and London,...
2819From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 20 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
A considerable alarm has been spread this morning by a report that the Treaty had been disagreed to. I have assured those I have seen that I was convinced any rumour of a decision must be premature. The anxiety however about the result is extreme. The common opinion among men of business of all descriptions is that a disagreement to the Treaty would greatly shock and stagnate pecuniary plans...
2820From Alexander Hamilton to Oliver Wolcott, Junior, 22 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the 18th instant. I will reply to one or two points now and to the rest hereafter. With regard to the measure of receiving Dutch bonds here to be exchanged, as is usual, it has different sides. To do it may be in some measure necessary to effectuate the main object; as there may be many individuals who from circumstances might not think themselves safe in...