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To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, 15 February 1790

From Sharp Delany

[Philadelphia] February 15, 1790. “… I … inclose a Letter received from a very worthy Man the Weigher of this Port,1 and formerly my Deputy—to You Sir I need not point out the necessity of having such an Officer independent from his Office—the Revenue depending so much upon it—please to bestow a small portion of your time to this subject.”

LC, Copies of Letters to the Secretary, 1789–1790, Bureau of Customs, Philadelphia.

1. John Graff to Delany, no date (Copies of Letters to the Secretary, 1789–1790, Bureau of Customs, Philadelphia). In this letter Graff complains that his compensation is inadequate.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, 15 February 1790
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    15 February 1790

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, 15 February 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-06-02-0150. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 6, December 1789 – August 1790, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 265.]

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