To Alexander Hamilton from Edmund Randolph, [17 June 1794]
From Edmund Randolph1
[Philadelphia, June 17, 1794]
E. Randolph has the honor of inclosing to the Secretary of the Treasury all the papers, which General Knox admits himself to possess, respecting the Ship William. E. R. intreats Colo. Hamilton to forward his opinion, together with the other papers; as he is hourly invaded by those, who are interested for the French Captors.
LC, RG 59, Domestic Letters of the Department of State, Vol. 6, January 2–June 26, 1794, National Archives.
1. For the William, see H to Rufus King, June 15, 1793; Thomas Jefferson to H and Henry Knox, June 25, 1793, note 1; “Cabinet Meeting. Opinion on Vessels Arming and Arriving in United States Ports,” July 12, 1793; “Cabinet Meetings. Opinion Concerning Relations of the United States with Several European Countries,” November 1–22, 1793; Randolph to William Bradford, H, and Knox, April 5, 1794; Randolph to H and Knox, May 20, 1794; Randolph to H, June 9, 1794.