141To Alexander Hamilton from Clement Biddle, 24 September 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Having been much delayd in Waggons for sending on the Arms and Camp Equipage to the different places appointed for assembling the Militia of this State, but a small porportion of the necessary supplies have gone forward and I expect that the men are assembled in most of the Counties. This day several Waggons which I had sent for to the Counties for the purpose, have arrived in town and more...
142To Alexander Hamilton from Clement Biddle, 28 June 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have on your behalf engaged the House & Lot in Market street of Mr. stein for One Year. The House to be furnished in about six weeks from this Date & he is to erect a frame stable for Six Horses & Coach House for the Rent of Two hundred & fifty pounds for the year. LC , Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Biddle was a prominent Philadelphia merchant and Federal marshal of...
143To Alexander Hamilton from William Bingham, 9 April 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
The Committee of the Board, (on the subject of the Loan) were unfortunate in not finding you at your Office or House, when they had the Honor of waiting on you this Morning. They were instructed to confer with you on a Point, which is the Object of the inclosed Letter, & to which I request your early Reply, as the Board are desirous of terminating this Business, at an adjourned Meeting to...
144To Alexander Hamilton from William Bingham, [25 November 1789] (Hamilton Papers)
Some particular Avocations that have engaged my Attention Since the receipt of your Letter of the 10 October, (with which I was honoured) have prevented my Sending an earlier Communication in reply to it. Inclosed are Answers to the Several Queries, which I hope will embrace the Objects you were desirous of being more fully acquainted with. I have made Some Observations on the Operation of the...
145To Alexander Hamilton from William Bingham, 26 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Whilst resident in Martinico, as agent of the United States, I had committed to my Trust, in my official character, by the Government of that Island, the 1st Proceeds of one thousand Barrels of Flour, being the Cargo of the Danish Brig Hope, loaded at Cork on Account & Risk of Portuguese Merchants at Lisbon, which Vessel was captured by an american Privateer & carried into Martinico. The...
146To Alexander Hamilton from William Bingham, [5 October 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
I herewith return you the Subscription Book of the Manufacturing society, & must apologize (from hurry of Business) for having detained it So long. I approve exceedingly of the Plan, both as indicative of public Spirit, & as affording a well grounded hope of private Emolument. I will therefore give it every support in my power, & influenced by these Considerations, do Subscribe 5000 Dollars. I...
147Enclosure: [Answers to Queries Concerning the Navigation of the Several States], [25 November 1789] (Hamilton Papers)
Answers to Queries concerning the Navigation of the Several States, & foreign Nations 1 Vessels built in this State for the West India & European Trade, are generally betwixt 180 & 300 Tons, & are not So flat bottomed as those of G Britain Holland & Sweden & are Somewhat fuller than those of France. They do not carry quite as much according to their Tonnage, as the British Dutch or Swedish...
148To Alexander Hamilton from William Bingham, 6 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I received your Letter of yesterday with your Remarks on what I wrote to you. If any Person has offered the sum that you mention to be the price of the Lot, & will make the Same Payment, I certainly will not hesitate a Moment in giving it to you. At any Rate, we will Settle the Matter whenever you come to Town. I am Dear sir Yours Sincerely ALS , letterpress copy, Historical Society of...
149To Alexander Hamilton from Bird, Savage, and Bird, 23 February 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
In your retreat from the Office of Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, it can be of little moment to you to have any addition to the public & private testimonies you have receiv’d of the high opinion your Country entertains of your distinguish’d integrity & abilities, which have been so successfully employ’d in restoring her public credit, & placing it on the most favorable footing...
150To Alexander Hamilton from Ephraim Blaine, 21 October 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
As they army are to March in two Collums, and the Quarter Master Genl takes the Immediate charge of the right wing I conclude my Services will be no longer Necessary, and the Quarter Master Genl can have the Assistance of the Quartermaster General of the State with his Deputies who are Numerous and I presume if well managed will be Sufficient therefore I beg leave to inform you that I shall...
151To Alexander Hamilton from Ephraim Blaine, 13 December 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Carlisle [ Pennsylvania ] December 13, 1794 . “I arived here on last Monday with the Jersey troops and Started them from this place upon their March home on thursday principally in good health and Spirrits—and hope they will arive safe at Trenton about the 22nd or 23d. I have not had one Shillings in money Since I left Greens burgh therefore have left all my Accounts from that to this place...
152To Alexander Hamilton from Edward Blake, 30 May 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Charleston, South Carolina, May 30, 1792. On June 18, 1792, Tench Coxe wrote to Blake: “Your accounts for the lighthouse … were delivered to me by the Secretary of the Treasury with your letter of the 30th May.” Letter not found. ] Blake was superintendent of the lighthouse at Charleston. LC , RG 58, Letters of Commissioner of Revenue, 1792–1793, National Archives.
153To Alexander Hamilton from James Blanchard, May 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I enclose you a Letter Similar to a Number that have been Sent to the Officers of the Late Continental army and I beg Leave to give you the reason of its being done. When Government under the new Constitution was making arrangements for the payment of the public debt the officers from the Massachusetts Line prefered a Memorial to Congress praying some mode might be adopted to ascertain the...
154To Alexander Hamilton from James Blanchard, 29 February 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
When the Funding System was in agitation, those who were not in the paper Line was in hopes the President would not Sign the Bill. However he did. Still they were in hopes at next Session he would recommend some Sort of Justice to be done but they were disappointed. As soon as the session ended the Circular Letter No. 1, No. 2. and No. 3 was Sent to every State Society of Officers—and what has...
155To Alexander Hamilton from James Blanchard, 19 January 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ January 19, 1794. On January 22, 1794, Hamilton wrote to Blanchard : “I have examined into the matter mentioned in your letter of the 19th Instant.” Letter not found. ] Blanchard had served as quartermaster and regimental paymaster of the Third New Hampshire Regiment during the American Revolution. In 1791 and 1792 he was a persistent opponent of the funding system and an advocate of...
156To Alexander Hamilton from Barent Bleecker, [12 September 1796] (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, September 12, 1796. The description of this letter in the dealer’s catalogue reads: “Reminding him that the third installment for the lands in Cosby’s Manor would come due Oct. 4, and requesting payment.” Letter not found. ] The Collector: A Magazine for Autograph and Historical Collectors , LXVII, No. 1–2 (January-February, 1954), 7, Item e 44. For an explanation of the contents...
157To Alexander Hamilton from William Lowder for the Board of Assessors of the Town of Boston, 14 July 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
The assessors of the town of Boston are now apportioning a large tax on the inhabitants. Their duty obliges them to take every measure in order to ascertain the quantum of taxable property each citizen holds, that the assessment may be just, and the burthen equal. They have already ascertained the full amount of the property in trade, in such a manner as can scarcely fail of being right, by...
158To Alexander Hamilton from Justus Erich Bollmann, 10 April 1796 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, April 10, 1796. On April 13, 1796, Bollmann wrote to Hamilton : “A few days ago I had the pleasure to inclose You a copy of a letter which I had written to the President of the United States.” Letter not found. ] Bollmann to Washington, April 10, 1796 ( ALS , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress).
159To Alexander Hamilton from Justus Erich Bollmann, 13 April 1796 (Hamilton Papers)
A few days ago I had the pleasure to inclose You a copy of a letter which I had written to the President of the United States. In consequence of that I was called on Friday last to the State office, where Mr. Pickering told me that the President had some inclination to make a new effort to relieve the Marquis, and desired me at the same time to communicate to him by writing my Ideas on this...
160To Alexander Hamilton from Phineas Bond, 2 September 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, September 2, 1795 . A letter which Hamilton wrote to Bond on September 1, 1795 , is endorsed: “answered 2d. Sept.” Letter not found. ]
161To Alexander Hamilton from Gerrit Boon, 26 January 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
Oldenbarneveld [ New York ] January 26, 1797. Discusses the case of Herman LeRoy, William Bayard, and Boon v Peter Servis and others . ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Boon, a native of the Netherlands, was an agent of the six Dutch banking firms which formed the Holland Land Company on February 13, 1796. H was an attorney for the company. For background to this letter, see...
162To Alexander Hamilton from Gerrit Boon, 6 May 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Albany, May 6, 1795. “The day of yesterday favoured me with your Counsel, on the Matter in question: I have Perused the Same, and Shall act accordingly. I intend to sett of from here, this afternoon for the westward; and shall endeavour to get all the Further Information, I am able to collect….” ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. This letter was addressed to H in his capacity as an...
163To Alexander Hamilton from Jean Marie de Bordes, 15 November 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, November 15, 1795. “… On the end of 1776 being recommended to you by General Washington, I was received and Served as a volunteer in your company of Artillery.… Few days after, from your company I was promoted to the duty of an aid-de-camp and temporaly acted as a Brigade-major… to the end of this memorable Campain. Called afterwards by peculiar reasons to the South of America, I...
164To Alexander Hamilton from John Beale Bordley, 25 March 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, March 25, 1791. Acknowledges receipt of commission to receive subscriptions to the stock of the Bank of the United States. ALS , Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore. See H to Bordley, March 23, 1791 .
165To Alexander Hamilton from John Beale Bordley, 11 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
The method in which I proceeded on the enquiry, was this: In conversation with farmers, I expressed a wish to be informed of several particulars in rural concerns, that seem to me to have been too little thought of by Husbandmen. On explaining my meaning they approved of the design & promised to recollect what they could of those matters, and that they would communicate the result to me....
166To Alexander Hamilton from Elisha Boudinot, 16 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I had just returned from the Circuit when I received your letter by yesterday’s post, and had not then read the pieces you alluded to. Judge Bradford was with me, and relating the affair—especially the affidavit—he said he was very much mistaken, if he had not the relation from Freneau’s own mouth. “This I know,” says he, “that at the time I was in New-York, and was informed of Mr. J.’s...
167To Alexander Hamilton from Elisha Boudinot, 23 May 1796 (Hamilton Papers)
I am very happy that your endeavors to extricate Mr. Duer will occasion your so far investigating his affairs, as to enable you to do justice to a very injured character. When the misfortunes of life, or the frowns of fortune have thrown a man in the shade the generality of the world have too little feeling to investigate before they Judge, and too great a propensity to censure unheard, he is...
168To Alexander Hamilton from Elisha Boudinot, 13 September 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
There are great exertions making to get the people to petition against the incorporation; several persons are employed to go about with petitions, and the people are deceived by the most absurd false-hoods. The only mode I thought of to counteract them, was to have petitions drawn, and hire a person calculated for the purpose to go round with them, and I am in hopes it will answer the purpose...
169To Alexander Hamilton from Elisha Boudinot, 26 March 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
After passing through a fiery ordeal, I suppose you have a few moments to breathe a milder air. The part the Country in general take in your triumph over the envious and malicious, enemies to the Government as well as yourself; must convince you that the influence of these beings extend but a little way out of their own selfish narrow circle. Mr Low has been over with me, and we have concluded...
170To Alexander Hamilton from Sylvanus Bourne, 10 May 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I am in this moment favoured with a letter from Mr Bourne informing of my having lost my Object in the mint Department & I’ll assure you my Dr Sir the impression on my feelings is severe indeed—as I presume you had not the least doubt of my success from your conversation last had with me. I have on the strength made arrangments which will result injuriously to me—such as borrowing some money...