To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 5 September 1791

From William Seton1

[New York] 5th Sep 1791

Sir

Having compleated the full investiture of the 150,000 Dollars directed by you to be laid out in the purchase of Stock for acct. of the United States, I have the honor to enclose a Return of the same,2 & your account in Bank is debited with the amount.

I am with great respect

LC, Bank of New York, New York City.

1. For background to this letter, see H to Seton, August 15, 1791; H to the President and Directors of the Bank of New York, August 16, 1791.

2. This return is printed in ASP description begins American State Papers, Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States (Washington, 1832–1861). description ends , Finance, I, 117.

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Title: To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 5 September 1791
Author: Seton, William
Recipient: Hamilton, Alexander
Date: 5 September 1791

Reference

Cite as: “To Alexander Hamilton from William Seton, 5 September 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-09-02-0130. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 9, August 1791 – December 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1965, p. 176.]

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