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To Alexander Hamilton from Benjamin Goodhue, 18 October 1789

From Benjamin Goodhue1

[Salem, Massachusetts, October 18, 1789. On October 29, 1789, Hamilton wrote to Goodhue: “I am duly favoured with your letter of the Eighteenth instant.” Letter not found.]

1. Goodhue, a Salem merchant and a Massachusetts state senator, was elected to the House of Representatives in 1789. As a Congressman, Goodhue played a major role in drawing up the revenue laws.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Benjamin Goodhue, 18 October 1789
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    Goodhue, Benjamin
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    18 October 1789

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Benjamin Goodhue, 18 October 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-05-02-0240. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 5, June 1788 – November 1789, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 451.]

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