1From Alexander Hamilton to William Campbell, Thomas Withers, M. R. Willkings, Auly Macnaughten, and George Hooper, 11 … (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the 18th. of April relative to the lighthouse which was begun by the government of North Carolina on Cape Island, near the mouth of Cape Fear River. The general provisions made by Congress with respect to light houses do not extend further than repairing and maintaining them. Nothing therefore can at this moment be done in this case, though it is probable earlier...