Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Pearsall, 16 March 1785

From Thomas Pearsall1

New York, March 16, 1785. “I have thy Letter of this date.2 I recollect thy Application to me with a Copy of Oliver Arnolds Judgment obtained against me in Rhode Island for the Outfit of my Quarter of Sloop Diana. My present Determination is … not to pay it, as … I never gave Orders either in Writing or Verbally for the outfit.”

ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Pearsall was a partner in the firm of merchants in New York City known as Thomas Pearsall and Son.

2. Letter not found.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Pearsall, 16 March 1785
    Author
    Pearsall, Thomas
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    16 March 1785

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Pearsall, 16 March 1785,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-03-02-0414. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 3, 1782–1786, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, pp. 598–599.]

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