1To Alexander Hamilton from Egbert Benson, 4 August 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York ] August 4, 1797 . “I take the first leisure moment to write to you on the Subject you mentioned to Me on Tuesday last, as to the Probability, whether after the Expiration of the seven Years granted by the first Law, the Legislature would prolong the Term for which the Dutch Gentlemen might hold the Lands they have purchased in our State? For four successive Sessions of the...