Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 20 October 1792

From Tench Coxe1

Treasury Department, Revenue Office, October 20, 1792. “I have the Honor to transmit to you certified copies of the Acts of the President of the United States of the 4th of August and of the 29th September2 relative to the Revenue on distilled Spirits.…”

LC, RG 58, Letters of Commissioner of Revenue, 1792–1793, National Archives.

1. For background to this letter, see George Washington to H, August 5, October 1, 1792; Coxe to H, first letter of July 25, September 12–18, 1792; H to Washington, September 22, 1792.

2. After the word “September” there is an asterisk which refers to a marginal note that reads as follows: “The dates of this Act was afterwards altered to the 29th of October 1792. by the President of the United States.”

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 20 October 1792
    Author
    Coxe, Tench
    Recipient
    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    20 October 1792

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 20 October 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-12-02-0413. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 12, July 1792 – October 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967, p. 604.]

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