Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Sharp Delany, 10 October 1791

To Sharp Delany

Treasury Department, October 10, 1791. “Your letter of the 5th instant1 has been received. The requisite instructions relative to the boat have been forwarded to the Collector of Wilmington.…”2

Copy, RG 56, Letters to the Collector at Philadelphia, National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to Collectors at Small Ports, “Set G,” National Archives.

1. Letter not found.

2. The collector of customs at Wilmington, Delaware, was George Bush.

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    Title
    From Alexander Hamilton to Sharp Delany, 10 October 1791
    Author
    Hamilton, Alexander
    Recipient
    Delany, Sharp
    Date
    10 October 1791

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Sharp Delany, 10 October 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-09-02-0256. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 9, August 1791 – December 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1965, p. 307.]

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