From Alexander Hamilton to Otho H. Williams, 27 September 1791

To Otho H. Williams

Treasury Department
Septr. 27. 1791

Sir

You will retain, in your hands, such monies as you shall receive after this letter reaches you ’till the whole sum shall amount to ten thousand Dollars; which is destined as an advance to Messrs. Elliot and Williams,1 and for the payment of which you will receive directions as soon as their bond with the proper sureties shall be received by me.

I remain with great consideration Sir Your Obed ser

Alexander Hamilton

Otho H. Williams Esqr
Collector of Baltimore

ALS, Columbia University Libraries.

1. The firm of Elie Williams and Robert Elliot had contracted to supply the western posts.

Index Entries

You Are Looking At

Source Project: Hamilton Papers
Title: From Alexander Hamilton to Otho H. Williams, 27 September 1791
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Williams, Otho H.
Date: 27 September 1791

Reference

Cite as: “From Alexander Hamilton to Otho H. Williams, 27 September 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-09-02-0199. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 9, August 1791 – December 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1965, pp. 243–244.]

More between these correspondents