Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [28 March 1794]

To George Washington

[Philadelphia, March 28, 1794]

The Secretary of the Treasury presents his respects to the President of the U. States and encloses herewith the draft of a passport for Capt. Montgomery,1 to which (if found right) the President’s signature is requested, in order that the vessel may be dispatched.2

Treasy. Dept. Mar. 28. 1794.

LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. James Montgomery was master of the General Greene, the revenue cutter for Pennsylvania.

2. On March 28, 1794, Washington granted a passport “to the revenue Cutter Genl Green to pass to Charleston with notification of the embargo” (JPP description begins “Journal of the Proceedings of the President,” George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. description ends , 282).

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    From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [28 March 1794]
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Washington, George
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    28 March 1794

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [28 March 1794],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-16-02-0159. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 16, February 1794 – July 1794, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972, p. 207.]

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