Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to John Davidson, 1 October 1791

To John Davidson1

Treasury Department, October 1, 1791. “By a circular instruction of March 30 1790 you have been directed to transmit all paid draughts of the Treasurer to this office. A deviation from this rule has taken place in your remitting draughts to the Treasurer. You will in future adhere to the Instruction.”

Copy, RG 56, Letters to and from the Collectors at Bridgetown and Annapolis, National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to Collectors at Small Ports, “Set G,” National Archives.

1. Davidson was the collector of customs at Annapolis.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to John Davidson, 1 October 1791
    Author
    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Davidson, John
    Date
    1 October 1791

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to John Davidson, 1 October 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-09-02-0211. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 9, August 1791 – December 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1965, p. 260.]

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