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To Alexander Hamilton from William Allibone, 24 January 1791

From William Allibone

Philadelphia, January 24, 1791. Proposes that two beacon boats on the Delaware River, both of which are “far advanced in a state of decay,” be replaced.1

ALS, RG 26, Lighthouse Letters Received, Vol. “A,” Pennsylvania and Southern States, National Archives.

1. H’s endorsement reads: “The within proposition appears eligible but Mr [Tench] Coxe will consider it & give me his opinion.”

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    To Alexander Hamilton from William Allibone, 24 January 1791
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    24 January 1791

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from William Allibone, 24 January 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-07-02-0321. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 7, September 1790 – January 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1963, p. 450.]

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