1To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 15 August 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I am honored with your Letter of the 4th. From the very sudden turn that Speculation has taken We have only now remaining in Bank of the Treasurers Bills on Collectors undisposed of No. 1648 for 200 Dollars on I. Gregory, Cambden 1339 50 on G. Biscoe, Nottingham It is certainly of considerable importance & a great accomodation to the mercantile Interest of this City that the Bank be furnished...
2To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 18 August 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I am desired by the President & Directors to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of the 16th. They have ordered the Sum of 150,000 Dollars to be paid to me as it may [be] required for the purchases of public Debt for the Trustees of the Sinking fund agreeable to your request. The Return of the Sale of the Bills on Holland was furnished last Monday. I have the Honor to be &c LC , Bank of New...
3To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 18 August 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I am honored with your Letter of the 15th. enclosing a resolution of the Trustees of the Sinking fund, in consequence of which you direct me to purchase public Debt to the amount of 150,000 Dollars at the limits therein prescribed. I am very much flattered and very thankfull for this confidence reposed in me, the more so, as the execution of the business thro’ me will be a great accomodation...
4To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 25 August 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Letters of the 20 & 22d. Agreeable to your desire Mr. William Hill has been paid 4000 Dollars on account of his Clothing Contract & enclosed you have his receipt for the same. The Transfers of the Stock purchased on account of the United States shall be made in the names you point out. Since my last I have only purchased 6810 30/100 Dollars...
5To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 29 August 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to enclose a Return of the Stock I have purchased on account of the United States to this day inclusive, being 13291 8/100 of 3 ⅌ Cents & 173708 88/100 Deferred, amounting to Dollars 116542 69/100 which Sum has been ⟨received⟩ from this Bank. I expect in a day or two to compleat the whole investiture of 150,000 Dollars. I have the honor to be with the greatest respect Sir &c...
6To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 5 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Having compleated the full investiture of the 150,000 Dollars directed by you to be laid out in the purchase of Stock for acct. of the United States, I have the honor to enclose a Return of the same, & your account in Bank is debited with the amount. I am with great respect LC , Bank of New York, New York City. For background to this letter, see H to Seton, August 15, 1791 ; H to the President...
7To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 5 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
By my Public Letter you will see I have compleated the investiture of the 150,000 Dollars in the purchase of Stock—in fact it was finished the middle of last week but I could not get some of the Transfers passed till this day. The whole stands now in the Name of the Vice President &ca. I wish to know if I am to take out the Certificates & forward them & to whom. Great as this relief has been...
8To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 12 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I am desired by the President & Directors to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of the 7th. They have directed 50,000 Dollars to be paid to me agreeable to your desire, and the same is invested in the purchase of Stock, on account of the United States, as specified in the enclosed return. I have the honor to be with great respect &ca. LC , Bank of New York, New York City. This return is...
9To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 12 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I had the pleasure to receive your Letter of the 7th by Mr. Eddie on fryday morning, but not early enough to answer you with propriety by that post. The bearer of the Letter I apprehend knew or conjectured at the Contents as it flew over the Town like Wildfire that I had orders to purchase, therefore before I got to the Coffee House at Noon, every one was prepared, and no one would offer to...
10To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 1 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Immediately upon the receipt of your Letter of the 30th. I informed the Commissioner of Loans that the Sum of 20,000 Dollars should be passed to the credit of his Account in Bank agreeably to your desire. I have the honor to be &c. LC , Bank of New York, New York City. Letter not found. John Cochran.
11To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 1 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I am desired by the President and Directors to acknowledge the receipt of your Letters of the 21 & 24 Sepr —the first requesting a payment to be made of Ten thousand Dollars to Mr. De la Forest Vice Consul of France, which was immediately complied with & enclosed. I have the honor to transmit his receipt for the same. Your directions respecting ballancing the weekly Returns of the Treasurers...
12To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 6 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I am honored with your Letter of the 3d. On the 12th of September I transmitted to you a Return of the investment of the 50,000 Dollars in purchases of Stock for account of The United States. I have now the honor to enclose a Duplicate of the same. On the 5th. September I informed you that all the purchases of Debt made to that day had been transferred on the Books to the Names of the Vice...
13To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 7 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I had the honor to write you by last nights post enclosing a Duplicate of the Return of the investment in Stock of the last 50,000 Dolls. This morning I called upon the Commissioner of Loans to know what was requisite to be done to comply with your orders respecting a transfer of the whole amount of the Debt purchased to the Books of the Treasury. He informs me that as the whole stands now in...
14To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 13 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I am honored with your Letters of the 8th & 10th. The Commissioner of Loans not having required the anticipated Credit of Twenty Thousand Dollars, the Treasurers Check for Thirty thousand Dollars is all that has passed to his Credit. I delivered your Letter to the Commr. of Loans upon the subject of the Transfer to the Books of the Treasury for the Debt purchased by me for Account of the...
15To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 18 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I had the honor to write you on the 13th. since which, Indisposition has till this day prevented my obtaining from the Office the Certificates necessary to transfer to the Books of the Treasury the Debt purchased by me for account of the United States. They are now enclosed & I hope will be in full time. I have the honor to be with the greatest respect sir &c. LC , Bank of New York, New York City.
16To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 24 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
A Circumstance has occured respecting the Treasurers dfts on the Bank of Maryland which I take the liberty of mentioning to you. We negotiated several of them the other day & when the holders presented them at the Bank for payment they deducted ⅛ ⅌ Cent altho’ the amount was named in their Bank & post Notes. This has occured before with the Collectors to the Southward but not that I have heard...
17To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 17 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I am honoured with your Letters of the 11th & 14th. The sale of the Bills on Amsterdam shall be arranged at the rate of 6 ⅌ Ct Interest for the term of Credit agreeable to your desire, and furnished in a few days. Mr Hill was this day paid the Seven thousand Dollars, and Inclosed in his receipt for the same which is Charged to the United States. I have the Honor to be &c LC , Bank of New York,...
18To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 21 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
It is with reluctance I intrude upon your time, but I feel so interested in what has lately passed at Phia. that I cannot refrain indulging myself with some conversation with you on the subject. No doubt you was informd that our Directors immediately after the Directors at Pa. of the Bank of the U. S. were known, wrote a Letter stating their reasons for reserving the 300 Shares of Stock &...