From George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, 27 September 1794

To Alexander Hamilton

Philada 27. Sep: 1794

Pay to the Secretary of State, out of the fund appropriated to defray the Contingent charges of Government, the sum of Fifteen hundred Dollars, for the use of Colo. Innes.1

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1. James Innes was being sent as a commissioner to inform the government of Kentucky about the state of negotiations on navigation of the Mississippi River (see Edmund Randolph to GW, 7 Aug., and n.2). Secretary of State Edmund Randolph wrote GW’s secretary Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., on this date: "Mr. Randolph presents his Compliments to Mr Dandridge and requests him to obtain a warrant from the President’s Contingent Fund for such a sum of money payable to Mr R. for the use of Colo. Innes, as the President may judge proper" (DNA: RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters).

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: From George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, 27 September 1794
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Hamilton, Alexander
Date: 27 September 1794

Reference

Cite as: “From George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, 27 September 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-16-02-0495. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 16, 1 May–30 September 1794, ed. David R. Hoth and Carol S. Ebel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011, pp. 727–728.]

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