Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from William Allibone, 17 September 1789

From William Allibone1

Philadelphia, September 17, 1789. States that the port of Philadelphia lacks funds for the maintenance of aids to navigation in the Delaware River. Asks that United States funds be used for that purpose.

ALS, RG 26, Lighthouse Letters Received, Vol. “A,” Pennsylvania and Southern States, National Archives.

1. Allibone was master warden of the port of Philadelphia.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from William Allibone, 17 September 1789
    Author
    Allibone, William
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    17 September 1789

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from William Allibone, 17 September 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-05-02-0158. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 5, June 1788 – November 1789, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 377.]

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