157011From Thomas Jefferson to Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 19 March 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Congress having appropriated the sum of 40,000 Dollars annually to the department of state in the transaction of it’s foreign business, I inclose you the Treasurer’s bill on you for 90,000 florins supposed equivalent to the beforementioned sum of dollars. You will be pleased to open an account therefore with ‘the Secretary of state for the United states of America’ wherein you will credit him...
157012From Thomas Jefferson to Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 3 May 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of April 16. covering bills to the amount of 15,500 florins came duly to hand, and should have been sooner acknoleged but that I wished at the same time to acknolege their actual paiment. I am now enabled to do this on information of yesterday from Mr. Grand’s office as to the three bills which were already due, and that the fourth will be paid as soon as due. I am happy that the...
157013From Thomas Jefferson to Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 15 August 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
The present serves to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 10th inst. inclosing bills to the amount of one hundred and sixty nine thousand seven hundred and eighteen livres sixteen sous, which I immediately endorsed to Messrs. Grand & co. for negotiation, and to be paid by them to the foreign officers. I expect within a few days to be able to decide what is to be done with the 30,000...
157014From Thomas Jefferson to Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 19 August 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
I am to acknolege the receipt of your favor of Aug. 13. covering bills of exchange for one hundred and ten thousand two hundred and eighty one livres four sols, and making with those received in your letter of the 10th two hundred and eighty thousand livres. These I have immediately put into the hands of Messieurs Grand & co. for negociation, and to answer the demands to which they are...
157015From Thomas Jefferson to Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 11 May 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I have now before me your favours of Sep. 3. and 30th. and approve of your compliance with Mr. Short’s draughts therein mentioned. The error to your prejudice of one hundred florins in my draught of May 3. 1789. I was not able to correct till my papers arrived from France, and could be opened, so as to rectify the same error at the same time in my public accounts. This being done I have paid...
157016From John Adams to Wilhem Willink, 4 January 1788 (Adams Papers)
Inclosed are Coupons to the amount of one thousand Eight hundred florins, part due in Feb ry & part in June as I shall embark with my family on the latter end of March or begining of April. I shall not be here when the Latter become due. Let me beg the favour you to anticipate this matter, so much as to send me the amount of them either in cash, or in two other obligations, as you think...
157017From Alexander Hamilton to Wilhem and Jan Willink, Nicholaas and Jacob Van Staphorst, and Nicholas Hubbard, 17 April … (Hamilton Papers)
The Treasurer of the United States has my authority to draw upon you, at thirty days sight, for 500,000 Guilders in favor of John Kean Esquire, Cashier of the Bank of the United States, to which you will please to give due honor. I am &c. Copy, RG 233, Reports of the Treasury Department, 1792–1793, Vol. III, National Archives. This letter was enclosed in H’s “Report on Foreign Loans,” February...
157018From Alexander Hamilton to Wilhem and Jan Willink, Nicholaas and Jacob Van Staphorst, and Nicholas Hubbard, 20 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, June 20, 1792. On July 26, 1792, Hamilton wrote to Willink, Van Staphorst, and Hubbard : “You will herewith receive triplicates of my letters of the 7th. of May and 20th. ultimo.” Letter of June 20 not found. ]
157019From John Adams to Wilhem & Jan Willink, 2 December 1788 (Adams Papers)
I have received your friendly Letter and am much obliged to you for your kind remembrance and felicitations. I also thank you for the Trouble you have taken in sending my Books to the gentlemen of whom I gave you a List. But I wish to be informed whether you sent the three Volumes or only the first. I directed M r: Dilly, Bookseller in the Poultry, London to send fifty Copies of each of the...
157020From John Adams to Wilhem & Jan Willink, 9 March 1783 (Adams Papers)
I have rec d. the favor of your’s of the 3 d. — There is nobody in Europe authorized to give American Papers to any Vessels.— We have given Passports to British Vessels in pursuance of the Articles of the Peace, but British Vessels alone wanted such Protection. Dutch Vessels have no need of them. Please to pay off the Accounts which you transmit me, in this Letter of the 3 d , take Receipts...