1From George Washington to Benjamin Walker, 24 December 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : to Benjamin Walker, 24 Dec. 1796 . Walker wrote GW on 27 Dec. : “I did not get your Letter of the 24th inst. with its inclosure, until after the post of yesterday had departed.”
2Receipt to Benjamin Walker, [18 January 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
Received January 18th. 1793 of Benjamin Walker Agent for Baron De Steuben Three thousand Dollars in full of all claims and demands against the said Baron De Steuben to this day. ADS , Mr. Hall Park McCullough, North Bennington, Vermont. Walker was naval officer for the port of New York. During the American Revolution he had served as aide to Baron von Steuben. After the war he was a close...
3From George Washington to Benjamin Walker, 12 March 1784 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Benjamin Walker, 12 Mar. 1784. On 3 April Walker wrote to GW : “Your favor of the 12th of March reached me the day before yesterday.”
4From George Washington to Benjamin Walker, 19 February 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Benjamin Walker, 19 Feb. 1796 . On 25 Feb., Walker wrote GW: “I have waited to reply to the Letter you honored me with of the 19 inst.”
5From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Walker, 7 July 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, July 7, 1794. “I wrote to you some little time since to know whether it would be convenient to you (⟨sub⟩stituting a careful deputy in your absence) to make a tour of the different custom houses in the UStates—to inspect the manner of carrying on business at each; in order to a Report to the Treasury. For this purpose a reasonable allowance per diem would be made say of Five...
6From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Walker, [n.p., n.d.] (Hamilton Papers)
[ n.p., n.d. “Forward the enclosed with as much expedition and certainty as you can (I don’t mean that an express should be employed) and say nothing about it.” Letter not found. ] ALS , sold by Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., December 3, 1963, Lot 2235, Item 112. The dealer’s catalogue dates this letter “Philadelphia, 4 April, 1799.” On April 4, 1799, H was in New York City, not Philadelphia....
7From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Walker, 30 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, June 30, 1792. Letter listed in dealer’s catalogue. Letter not found. ] ALS , sold by Stan V. Henkels, Jr., December, 1892, Catalogue No. 694, Item 221.
8From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Walker, 25 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The Officers of the Provisional Army are to be appointed. Two Regiments will be Officer’d from this State. I am desired to recommend Characters. You will be sensible that when these corps are called into Actual service, the situation of affairs must be very serious and it must be then very difficult to has for military men to keep out of the Scene. How far will this idea go to induce you to...
9From Lemuel Trescott to Benjamin Walker, 26 January 1783 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of yesterday arived the last evening, I have seen nothing of the person the Contractors promissd to send us. Inclosed is a letter I received yesterday afternoon from Capt. Allen commanding two Companies at the Mouth of Croton—Capt. Williams Design was to have taken Colo. Delancy & some of his Officers, but their being not at home saved them, The Captain had taken a number prisoners...
10From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Walker, 10 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
In answer to your letter of this date, I have to inform you that in pursuance of authority to me for that purpose from the President of the United States, You have permission to be absent from the United States for a period not exceeding One year from the time of your departure. I am Sir Your Obedient & humble servant ALS , in the United States Naval Academy Museum. Walker was naval officer...