1From Alexander Hamilton to Robert Ballard, 31 May 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
In answer to your letter of the 20th. instant I have to inform you that no provision for compensation to the Inspectors of the Revenue for Ports, has yet been made; But in consequence of greater latitude given to the President by the Act, concerning the duties on Spirits distilled within the United States, the subject will be shortly under his consideration when your case will be duly attended...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Robert Ballard, 17 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, October 17, 1791. According to the dealer’s description of this letter, it relates to the “duty on spirits distilled from domestic and foreign materials.” Letter not found. ] Sold by Harvard Trust Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962. Ballard was surveyor of the port of Baltimore.
3George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Robert Ballard, 30 July 1779 (Hamilton Papers)
West Point, July 30, 1779. Accepts Ballard’s resignation. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Ballard was a lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Virginia Regiment.