Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, 4 October 1790

From Sharp Delany

[Philadelphia] October 4, 1790. “The new Collection Law1 commen[ce]d on Saturday last. A strict obedience shall in our district be punctually adhered to, although I doubt whether the 2nd secto in to Page 25th can be followed, unless at a considerable expence to the Continent, and as I believe out of the power of the Collector Naval Officer & Inspectors in the first instance to put in force. However we will give it a fair trial and then apply to You for farther directions.…”

LC, Bureau of Customs, Philadelphia.

1. “An Act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 145–78 [August 4, 1790]).

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, 4 October 1790
    Author
    Delany, Sharp
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    4 October 1790

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, 4 October 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-07-02-0078. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 7, September 1790 – January 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1963, p. 89.]

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