1From Alexander Hamilton to the Board of Assessors of the Town of Boston, 27 July 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
A Temporary absence from the seat of government has delayed an answer to your letter of the 14th instant. It is an established rule at the treasury not to disclose the amount of the stock which stands to the credit of any person on the public books, to any but the proprietor himself, or his regular representative; and the reasons of the rule extend it, of course to the respective loan-offices....