George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 4 February 1795

From Alexander Hamilton

Philadelphia Feby 4. 1795

Sir

The circumstance of having offered my late report to Congress to the two houses which rendered two copies necessary & the extreme press of business in the office in preparing for my resignation prevented my sending you a manuscript copy of that Report.1

I have now corrected a printed copy for you which I have the honor to send herewith.2 With true respect & attacht I have the honor to be Sir Yr obedt servt

A. Hamilton

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. Hamilton was referring to his “Report on a Plan for the Further Support of Public Credit” of 16 Jan. (see Hamilton Papers description begins Harold C. Syrett et al., eds. The Papers of Alexander Hamilton. 27 vols. New York, 1961–87. description ends , 18:46–148).

2. Hamilton’s report was received by the House of Representatives on 19 Jan., read, and tabled (Journal of the House description begins The Journal of the House of Representatives: George Washington Administration 1789–1797. Edited by Martin P. Claussen. 9 vols. Wilmington, Del., 1977. description ends , 7:163). The report then was printed by John Fenno as Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, Read in the House of Representatives of the United States, January 19th 1795; Containing a Plan for the Further Support of Public Credit. The corrected copy enclosed with this letter has not been identified.

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    To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 4 February 1795
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    “To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 4 February 1795,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-17-02-0327. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 17, 1 October 1794–31 March 1795, ed. David R. Hoth and Carol S. Ebel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, pp. 501–502.]

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