To Alexander Hamilton from Edmund Randolph, 15 July 1794
From Edmund Randolph1
[Philadelphia] July 15, 1794. Encloses “the certified copies of the power of the President, and of the Act authorizing the Loan of one Million of Dollars.”2
LC, RG 59, Domestic Letters of the Department of State, Vol. 7, June 27–November 30, 1794, National Archives.
1. For background to this letter, see George Washington to H, May 24, 29, June 7, July 9, 1794; H to Washington, May 27, June 4, July 8, 1794; Randolph to H, June 24, 28, July 1, 1794; H to Willink, Van Staphorst, and Hubbard, July 7, 1794.
2. Randolph is referring to “An Act making further provision for the expenses attending the intercourse of the United States with foreign nations; and further to continue in force the act intituled, ‘An act providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations’” ( 345 [March 20, 1794]).