Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 5 January 1790

From Tobias Lear

United States, January 5th, 1790.

Sir,

By direction of the President of the United States, I have the honor herewith to transmit to you a letter from the Governor of Virginia,1 dated December 18th, 1789, enclosing an Act (which is likewise sent you) of the general Assembly of that Commonwealth, passed Novr. 13th. 1789, to convey to the United States in Congress assembled certain Land for the purpose of building a Light House on Cape Henry.

I have the honor to be, with perfect respect, Sir, Your most Obedt. & Hum. Servt.

Tobias Lear.
Secretary to the President
of the United States

The Honorable The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.

LS, RG 26, “Segregated” Lighthouse Records, National Archives; LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Beverley Randolph.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 5 January 1790
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    Lear, Tobias
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    5 January 1790

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 5 January 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-06-02-0070. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 6, December 1789 – August 1790, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, pp. 49–50.]

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