31721To Alexander Hamilton from John M. Pintard, 4 July 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Thinking that your Stocks of Madeira might be nearly exausted I have Shiped on Board the Brig Molly Capt E Morris one pipe of choice old wine Marked CM & consigned it to my Friends Messrs. Woodrop & Joseph Sims of Philadelphia with directions to deliver it to you provided you choose to take it. Should you Conclude on taking it they will furnish you with the cost of it together with the charges...
31722To Alexander Hamilton from William Rawle, 4 July 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, July 4, 1793. On July 17, 1793, Hamilton wrote to Rawle and referred to “your letter of the 4th inst.” Letter not found. ] Rawle was United States attorney for the District of Pennsylvania.
31723From Alexander Hamilton to Edmond Charles Genet, 5 July 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
I find on my Table this morning your letter of the 2d instant. As you ground the proposition, it contains on a conversation with me, I conclude there has been some misapprehension. I can recollect nothing, but what, as I understood it, had reference merely to some matter of form, which you had omitted and which you were desirous of having adjusted in a different mode in relation to the forms...
31724From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, [5 July 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Hamilton presents his Compliments to the Secretary of State—requests to be informed, if it will be convenient to him to meet the Secretary at War & Mr. H to day at twelve oClock. If it will, they will be at that hour at Mr. Jefferson’s office. AL , Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress.
31725Pacificus No. III, [6 July 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
France at the time of issuing the proclamation was engaged & likely to be engaged in war, with all or almost all Europe; without a single ally in that quarter of the Globe. In such a state of things, it is evident, that however she may be able to defend herself at home (a thing probably still practicable if her factions can be appeased, and system and order introduced) she cannot make any...
31726To Alexander Hamilton from John Vaughan, 6 July 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, July 6, 1793. On July 8, 1793, Hamilton wrote to Vaughan and referred to Vaughan’s “letter of the 6th. Instant.” Letter not found. ] Vaughan was a Philadelphia wine merchant and importer.
31727To Alexander Hamilton from Otho H. Williams, 6 July 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter of the 21st. of June did not come to hand before the fourth Instant—sometime after the heat of the season, and habitual indisposition had obliged me to quit Baltimore. If it is not too late to mention a successor to the Collector of Annapolis, I would name Robert Denny, formerly an Officer in the Maryland line, and who served me four or five years as deputy in the Office which I...
31728Cabinet Meeting. Opinion on the Case of the Little Sarah, [8 July 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
At a Meeting held at the State House of the City of Philadelphia July the 8. 1793 Present The Secretary of State The Secretary of the Treasury The Secretary at War It appeared, that Brigantine called the Little Sarah has been fitted out at the Port of Philadelphia, with fourteen Cannon and all other equipments indicating that she is intended (as a Privateer) to cruise under the authority of...
31729To Alexander Hamilton from James Duff, 8 July 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Cadiz, July 8, 1793. Has “brought to a conclusion the depending concerns of the Ship Tartar” and sends Hamilton “as attorney to John Church Esqr. for ⅛ proportion thereof … a note of an a/c for that object on which you are credited for the whole of your said proportion of the proceeds.” Copy, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Duff was British consul at Cadiz. DS , Hamilton Papers, Library...
31730Reasons for the Opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary at War Respecting the Brigantine Little … (Hamilton Papers)
I. Because there can be no doubt, either upon principle or authority that the permitting or suffering or what is equivalent the not taking effectual measures to prevent, when known, the fitting out of privateers , in our ports, by one of the belligerent powers, to cruise against any of the others is an unequivocal breach of neutrality. II Because the President in conformity with an...