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From Alexander Hamilton to John Hopkins, 2 April 1791

To John Hopkins1

[Philadelphia] April 2, 1791. Authorizes Hopkins to send Thomas Williams to Hillsboro, North Carolina, to testify in a case concerning the alteration of North Carolina certificates. States “The expences of his Journey will be repaid to him.”2

Extract, RG 217, Miscellaneous Treasury Accounts, 1790–1894, Account No. 4289, National Archives.

1. Hopkins was commissioner of loans for Virginia.

2. This letter was submitted in support of Williams’s claim for the expenses of his journey to North Carolina. On June 19, 1793, Williams wrote to H requesting his aid in collecting the $77.50 due to him.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to John Hopkins, 2 April 1791
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    2 April 1791

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to John Hopkins, 2 April 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-08-02-0179. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 8, February 1791 – July 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1965, p. 239.]

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