1021To Alexander Hamilton from William Wiatt, 30 March 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
As the Patron of the Manufactures, now carrying on in the Town of Patterson in the Jerseys, I am desired by a Mr Robert Brownlow of this place, to write you, to be informed what wages are given to persons well skilled in spinning Cotton for Muslins and weaving Manchester Goods. Mr Brownlow is a native of Lancashire, England, has had an opportunity of acquiring a considerable knowledge in the...
1022To Alexander Hamilton from James Butler, 1 December 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
(Tho’ I have not the honour of your acquaintance) I shall take the liberty of addressing you, to inform you of the real pleasure & satisfaction it gives me to read your Explanation in favour of the Ilustrious President. And to inform you of Some of his Charitable donations—I mean What came Within my knowledge, which I am Sure are but trifling if compar’d With the imense Charities he bestows,...
1023To Alexander Hamilton from Nathaniel Appleton, 17 October 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
My last was 10th Inst. since wch. I am favord. with yours of 7th & 11th Instant to which I shall pay particular attention. I have also recd. a Letter of the 12th from the Register informing me that he shall soon supply me with Certificates for the Indents, the Stock which may be unsubscribed, and for transfering from one Office to another. I have only to observe that I have already issued...
1024To Alexander Hamilton from Jedediah Huntington, 10 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New London, Connecticut, October 10, 1791. On November 22, 1791, Hamilton wrote to Huntington : “I do not think, it will be necessary to require a refund from the officers of the revenue cutter … as mentioned in your letter of the 10th. October.” Letter not found. ]
1025To Alexander Hamilton from William Allibone, 20 August 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, August 20, 1790. Complains of the difficulty of obtaining contractors for maintenance work on the aids to navigation in the Delaware River. Urges Hamilton to expedite approval of the contract for the repairs to the Cape Henlopen lighthouse. ALS , RG 26, Lighthouse Letters Received, Vol. “A,” Pennsylvania and Southern States, National Archives.
1026To Alexander Hamilton from Amos Marsh, 18 October 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Bennington [ Vermont ] October 18, 1794 . “Noah Smith Esquire has signified to me, that he has resigned the Office of Supervisor of this District. Cephus Smith, Junr. Esquire of Rutland, wishes to obtain the appointment to that Office. He is a Gentleman of Education Integrity and ability. I can therefore recommend him as a person well qualified to discharge all the duties of a Supervisor. He...
1027To Alexander Hamilton from William Ellery, 20 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Newport [ Rhode Island ] September 20, 1790 . Wishes to suggest some changes in the provisions of the Coasting Act. Proposes that Section 11 be changed so that when a ship or vessel is sold or transferred “a production of such bill of sale to the Collector by the owner be made a condition of his receiving a new Certificate of Registry.” States: “By the 12th Sec: when the master of a registered...
1028To Alexander Hamilton from Nathaniel Appleton, 11 May 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Boston, May 11, 1790. “When I was in the City of N York I presented to the Auditors my account Currt. as Commissr. of the Loan Office in this State, he objected to the adjustment of part of my account for want of Vouchers to support the charge of Interest paid, & my Commissions thereon previous to the establishment of Salaries. Agreable to the Auditors direction I now transmitt to the...
1029Receipt from James Robinson, [20 October 1790] (Hamilton Papers)
Reced in Newyork Octo: 20. 1790 from Alexander Hamilton Esqr: the Sum of fiftey one pounds 12/. in full of all Demands. £ 51-12-0 ADS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Robinson was a New York City contractor. See “Account with James Robinson,” February 22, 1788—October 19, 1790 .
1030To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [23 October 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Mount Vernon, October 23, 1793. Letter not found. ] “List of Letters from G—— Washington to General Hamilton,” Columbia University Libraries.
1031To Alexander Hamilton from Edmund Randolph, 23 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] June 23, 1794 . “E. Randolph presents his compliments to Col. Hamilton, and having this moment received his Note, respecting the French crowns, posterior to 1st Jany 1792 he has sent to the Director of the Mint, in order to have an interview upon the subject, and to communicate to Colonel Hamilton the result.” LC , RG 59, Domestic Letters of the Department of State, Vol. 6,...
1032To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel Meredith, 21 August 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, August 21, 1790. On August 28, 1790, Hamilton wrote to Meredith : “I received your letter of the 21st Instant.” Letter not found. ] Meredith was treasurer of the United States from September 11, 1789, to December 1, 1807.
1033To Alexander Hamilton from Beverley Randolph, [1–28] October 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your favour of the 26th. of September, inclosing several Resolutions of the Congress of the United States. The amount of the public debt of this state can be furnished immediately, but I conceive this would be incomplete unless accompanied by a statement of the funds provided for the discharge of it. This Statement cannot now be prepared as the...
1034To Alexander Hamilton from Stephen Moylan, 27 February 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] February 27, 1794 . “The secretary of War has sent to this Office as list of the names & the Sums to which the Military Invalids of this State are entitled to for Six Months of their Annual Pension from the 4th day of Septr. 1793 and which will become due on the 5th day of March 1794 the Amount of which is Eight thousand two hundred & twenty five Dollars & sixteen Cents for...
1035To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 17 December 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
As I am uncertain of the condition & even the Office in which the papers containing accounts of our disbursments for subsistence of British prisoners remain; and as it is not improbable that some negotiations may (whenever our Union under the General Government shall be completed) take place between the United States & Great Britain, in which an accurate understanding of those Accots. will...
1036Certificate of the Freedom of the City of New York, [16 March 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
City of New York } ss: The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of New York To all to whom these presents shall come, send greeting Whereas “the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonality of the City of New York” did resolve “that as a testimony of the high sense they entertain of the public Services of Alexander Hamilton; especially in the administration of the Office of Secretary of the Treasury of the...
1037To Alexander Hamilton from Elizabeth Hamilton, 3 August 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Albany, August 3, 1791. On August 10, 1791, Hamilton wrote to Elizabeth Hamilton : “I received your precious letters of the 31 of July & 3d. of August.” Letter of August 3 not found. ]
1038To Alexander Hamilton from Benjamin Lincoln, [November–December 1789] (Hamilton Papers)
At our last interview you expressed a wish that I would make such remarks on the impost laws as in my opinion would have a tendency to increase the revenue in a way as little burdensome and as conformable to the wishes of the people as possible. The cheerfulness discovered by the merchants in general doing business at this Port in paying the established duties on merchandise evinces to me that...
1039To Alexander Hamilton from Stephen Van Rensselaer, 7 December 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
At the request of several officers of our late Army, I transmit you the enclosed Memorandum. If any provision is made for such cases you will oblige me by informing me. Mrs. Rensselaer joins in love to you & Mrs. Hamilton. I am D Sir Your Hum Sert ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress [@LOC] . Van Rensselaer was a member of the New York Assembly in 1789 and 1790, and served in the state...
1040To Alexander Hamilton from Edmund Randolph, 18 April 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, April 18, 1794. “The contingent account of the Department of State, from the last settlement down to the 15th instant, accompanied with vouchers, having been presented to the Auditor, I must beg the favor of you to cause a warrant to issue on the Treasurer payable to George Taylor Junr. for One thousand Dollars.…” LC , RG 59, Domestic Letters of the Department of State, Vol. 6,...
1041To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 13 February 1796 (Hamilton Papers)
In the moment I was closing & dispatching my letters to the Post Office, I learnt from the Attorney General of the U.S. that you would be here on the 17th. My mind being continually uneasy on Acct. of Young Fayette, I cannot but wish (if this letter should reach you in time, and no reasons stronger than what have occurred against it) that you would request him, and his Tuter, to come on to...
1042To Alexander Hamilton from Joseph Whipple, 12 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, January 12, 1792. “I had the honor to receive your letter of the 20th. of last Month together with three Commissions for the Mates of the Revenue Cutter. That for Mr. Flagg the first mate I now return he having left the Service of which information was given in my letter of the 15th. Ulto.…” LC , RG 36, Collector of Customs at Portsmouth, Letters Sent, 1791–1792,...
1043To Alexander Hamilton from Benjamin Lincoln, 29 July 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have been honoured with the receipt of your circular letter of the 8th. instant. I will aim at that discharge of the duties therein required which shall give satisfaction. A few days since I had a hint that a vessel from the Bahama Islands had touched into tarpaulin cove, in one of the Elizabeth Islands, and had there landed a few bags of Cotton. The same vessel came into this port and...
1044To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 18 December 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to enclose for the purpose of submission to the President another contract for the Stakeage of News River in lieu of that which was annulled on account of the unexplained increase of the consideration money 125 dolls by the Presidents disapprobation of the 26th of August last. This contract it will be perceived is for less than three fifths of that sum and it is above one...
1045To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 3 March 1796 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Charleston, South Carolina, March 3, 1796. On June 5, 1796, Pinckney wrote to Hamilton : “I wrote to you the 3d: of last March.” Letter not found. ]
1046To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Lee, 14 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Your two letters of the 20th and 22d July last have been received, the latter accompanied with the opinion of the Attorney General upon the subject of fees under the Coasting Law; and as his opinion differs from your own, and each Collector is left to act according to Law at his peril, I have been embarrassed whether the practice of this Office, ought to be conformed to the opinion of the...
1047To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 29 July 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Upon a full consideration of the reasons offered by Mr. Short, in his correspondence with you, for removing the restrictions laid upon him by his present instructions, so far as relates to his not opening a loan for more than a certain sum and not being allowed to open a new Loan until the terms of the preceding one shall have been ratified here, I have thought it expedient, & for the interest...
1048To Alexander Hamilton from Henry Knox, 13 May 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
War Department, May 13, 1793. Approves payment of a bill “drawn by Israel Ludlow on William Duer 29 January 1792.” LS , RG 217, Miscellaneous Treasury Accounts, 1790–1894, Account No. 4118, National Archives. Duer had served as contractor for the Army for the campaign against the Indians in the Northwest Territory in 1791, and Ludlow had acted as his agent in purchasing supplies and services...
1049To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 29 January 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, Revenue Office, January 29, 1795. “Agreeably to what was done for the supply of 1794 it appears to be expedient to authorize the Supervisor of the Revenue in Kentucky to draw on Philadelphia for such sum, not exceeding four thousand dollars, as he may find necessary, in preference to drawing upon the Supervisor of Virginia….” LC , RG 58, Letters of Commissioner of Revenue,...
1050To Alexander Hamilton from Edward Carrington, 8 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Since mine of the 4th. Instant, covering some information upon Manufactures, I have received an additional report from General Stevens, Inspector of Survey No. 2, which, together with his letter, and a Copy of one he received from one of his Collectors I now do myself the pleasure to enclose. It was my intention, at first, to have obtained the Reports of all the Inspectors, and then have made...