Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Aaron D. Woodruff, 13 January 1790

From Aaron D. Woodruff1

Trenton, January 13, 1790. “In the Action of Carter agt. Kearney … I have repeatedly pressed the Sheriff on the Business & have recd. for Answer that you have consented to a Stay of the Execution.… I am inclined to doubt the Truth of the Assertion & shall be obliged to you to know how far this Indulgence has been given & whether I am at Liberty to order the Sheriff to proceed on the Execution.…”

ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Woodruff was a lawyer who practiced and lived in Trenton.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Aaron D. Woodruff, 13 January 1790
    Author
    Woodruff, Aaron D.
    Recipient
    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    13 January 1790

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Aaron D. Woodruff, 13 January 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-06-02-0083. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 6, December 1789 – August 1790, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 184.]