55591From Alexander Hamilton to Nathan Rice, 24 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the sixteenth instant with it’s enclosure. The letter and commission of Lieutenant Flagg have been sent with the necessary observations to the S of war. An officer is certainly not out of service untill his resignation is accepted by the President. The Secretary of war is the organ thro which the acceptance is made known. Certificates given to contractors should...
55592From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [2 May 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
Answers to remaining Questions proposed by the President of The United States on the Question the Answer The War is plainly an offensive war on the part of France. Burlamaqui , an approved Writer Vol II Part IV Chap III Sections IV & V thus defines the different species of War “Neither are we to believe (says he) that he who first injures another begins by that an offensive War, and that the...
55593From Alexander Hamilton to William Short, 23 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
After closing my letter to you of the 14th. instant, the Comptroller, to whom I had submitted for examination the statement of the French Treasury transmitted by you, made some communications to me on that subject, of which copies are here enclosed for your information. My own observations upon it must necessairly be reserved for another opportunity, as Mr. Pinkney who will take charge of my...
55594From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, 19 September 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I have considered the case which is stated in your letter of the 8th instant concerning Welcome Arnold. If appearances of the kind continue, I am of opinion that the presumption of a design to evade the law will be sufficiently strong to justify an Officer in refusing the credit. If an action should be brought against the Officer for such refusal, means must be taken to examine all the parties...
55595From Alexander Hamilton to Charles Lee, 24 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
You were right in declining to pay the order which was made upon you by the District Court in relation to Charles Page. It was altogether irregular, and of course I cannot authorise its being complied with. I am with consideration Sir Your obedient ser ALS , RG 56, Letters to and from the Collector at Alexandria, National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to Collectors at Small Ports, “Set...
55596From Alexander Hamilton to Nathan Heald, 13 May 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
You will repair to the rendezvous of Capta I have received your letter of the eighth instant You will repair to the County of Hampshire, and take the order of Captain Lyman— ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
55597From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [8 July 1790] (Hamilton Papers)
Memorandum of the substance of a Communication made on Thursday the Eighth of July 1790 to the Subscriber by Major Beckwith as by direction of Lord Dorchester. Major Beckwith began by stating that Lord Dorchester had directed him to make his acknowlegements for the politeness which had been shewn in respect to the desire he had intimated to pass by New York in his way to England; adding that...
55598Report on an Account of Receipts and Expenditures of the United States for the Year 1793, 26 December 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to transmit a letter of this date, from the Comptroller of the Treasury, together with the Statements mentioned in it, which it has been impracticable to transmit Earlier in the Session, And to be, with perfect respect, Sir, Your obedient Servant, An Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States, for the Year 1793. Stated in Pursuance of the Standing Order of...
55599From Alexander Hamilton to Anthony Wayne, 25 September 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, September 25, 1794. On November 12, 1794, Wayne wrote to Henry Knox: “I have the honor … to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from Colo Alexr Hamilton of the 25th. of September enclosing an extract of a letter from Mr. Jay … dated the 12th of July 1794, also a letter from Major Stagg, of the 4th Ultimo.…” Letter not found. ] Knopf, Wayne Richard C. Knopf, ed., Anthony Wayne:...
55600From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, 13 December 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter relative to the Ship Warren, and highly approve the vigilance and firmness, which you have Shewn in this case. It does not appear that any penalty or forfeiture is incurred by the vessel’s departure from your District, without papers, because she was not licensed , and not bound to a foreign port . But the Deputy Collector of Newport ought, as I understand the...
55601From Alexander Hamilton to Josias Carvel Hall, 23 May 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
You are at liberty to make the Alteration as to the company Rendezvous suggested in your letter of the 19. Instant ( Df , in the handwriting of Philip Church, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
55602To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 1 December 1792 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury presents his respects to the President has the honor to submit to him the enclosed communications concerning which he will wait upon The President on Monday. LB , DLC:GW . The enclosed papers that Hamilton wished to discuss on Monday, 3 Dec., have not been identified.
55603From Alexander Hamilton to John J. U. Rivardi, 31 May 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Camp Scotch Plains [ New Jersey ] May 31, 1800 . “I have received your letter of the fifteenth instant. As we live in a jealous country and in jealous times, a visit from General Hunter and the Duke of Kent is not to be courted. If, however, circumstances should occur in which the thing can not be avoided without a breach of politeness or liberality, it must be met with a good grace. With this...
55604To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 16 February 1793 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury presents his respects to the President, and has the honor to enclose the statement respecting the French Debt. He hopes to be able to wait upon the President on Monday, when he will give a further explanation. LB , DLC:GW . Hamilton submitted this statement in response to a request from the French minister to the United States, Jean-Baptiste Ternant, for an...
55605From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 18 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Inclosed is an application which has been made to the President. I request your opinion, as to the competency of the present allowance, or as to what would be a competent one, if you think the present deficient. When you communicate it, you will please to send back the representation now transmitted. I am, with great consideration, Sir, Your Obed Servant. LS , RG 36, Collector of Customs at...
55606From Alexander Hamilton to Otho H. Williams, 10 July 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
I am to acknowledge the receipt of Mr Richmonds letter of the 1 instant. It is inconceivable to me what can produce so great a disproportion between the price of Rations in Baltimore and Philadelphia. At all events I am determined not to give the Price demanded, untill convinced by experience, that there is no Alternative. To ascertain this fact, I have to request that you will purchase...
55607From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Walker, 25 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The Officers of the Provisional Army are to be appointed. Two Regiments will be Officer’d from this State. I am desired to recommend Characters. You will be sensible that when these corps are called into Actual service, the situation of affairs must be very serious and it must be then very difficult to has for military men to keep out of the Scene. How far will this idea go to induce you to...
55608To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton, 2 June 1777 (Jay Papers)
I received your favour per express, and as the absence of my former respectable correspondents has made a change necessary, I am happy that you have been substituted in their room.— Except a body of Militia at and about Pumpton, and a few detachments of observation, our whole army is now collected at two points;—the main body here and a division under General Sullivan at Princeton. Though this...
55609Enclosure: Answers to Questions proposed by the President of the United States to the Secretary of the Treasury., 15 … (Washington Papers)
Question the first “What should be the answer of the Executive of the United States to Lord Dorchester, in case he should apply for permission to march troops through the territory of said States from Detroit to the Mississippi?” Answer In order to a right judgment of what ought to be done in such case, it may be of use previously to consider the following points. First. Whether there be a...
55610From Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph, 12 March 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
I had taken it for granted, from the general spirit of the transaction, that the first installment to the Bank of the United States of the loan mentioned in the within Agreement of the 25 of June last became payable on the 1st of January of the present year. But upon examining the Agreement, a doubt arises whether that intention be consistent with the tenor of the Instrument or how far the Act...
55611New York Assembly. Remarks on an Amendment to an Act Relative to Debts Due Persons Within the Enemy’s Lines, [12 April … (Hamilton Papers)
Went into a committee on the bill to repeal the citation acts.… Mr. Hamilton advocated the bill with great ability and candor; he mentioned the bad effects of the present laws; the difficulties that the courts of justice threw in the way of them—and the impossibility ever to amend them is such a manner as to have them acted upon. He urged the influence the opinion of our courts ought to have...
55612From Alexander Hamilton to Charles W. Hare, 27 March 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Inclosed is my decision in the case of Captain Vance I request you to notify to him. If he desires it, you will please to let him have a copy. I am with consideration Sir Yr Obed Servt. (Copy, in the handwriting of Philip Church, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
55613From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 14 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter of the 12th instant has Your le In all the cases in which no time day has been mentioned as the place & time when persons proposed as Cadets began to render service to the respective regiments I have received no information from the several Commandants. You It will therefore be pleased proper to have the Warrants dated on the day that they are issued. With ( Df , in the handwriting...
55614From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Smith, 23 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York ] September 23, 1790 . “I duly received your letter of the 30th Ultimo.… I have no objection to the two Gentlemen, whom you mention as your Securities, but I have on consideration of the Magnitude of the trust, thought it prudent to require three Bondsmen in several of the principal Loan Offices, of which that of Pennsylvania is one.…” LS , Historical Society of Pennsylvania,...
55615From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 5 May 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I inclose you a letter from Majr Lillie Major Lillie who on his return — the Eastward through this City, asked — to represent him in a favourable light — the President, which I did particularly as to his conduct during our Revolutionary War. with great respect I am Sir Your obed Servt. ( Df , in the handwriting of Philip Church, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
55616From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [24 September 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to transmit you a letter of the 8th. of August from Governor St. Clair, together with sundry papers which accompanied it; the whole relating to the subject of the Settlements which have been made under purchases from Judge Symmes. LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Letter not found. On November 9, 1791, Washington sent St. Clair’s letter to H to Thomas...
55617Receipt to Rufus Putnam, 21 May 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Received by the hands of General R. Putnam a deed executed by Rufus Putnam M Cutler, Robert Oliver & G Greene purporting to be a conveyance to me of five shares of the land of the Ohio Company of Associates & bearing date the 14th of May 1792. ADS , Dawes Memorial Library, Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio. Putnam was a veteran of the American Revolution and one of the founders of the Ohio...
55618From Alexander Hamilton to Mathew Arbuckle, 9 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have just received your letter of the 25th of November. You will repair to Staunton in Virginia and take the orders of the Commanding Officer at that place ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
55619From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Lloyd Moore, [30] September [1799] (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the twenty eighth instant, and shall make but one inquiry more with respect to the unfortunate affair between Lt. Sharp and Captain Johnston. You will be so good as to inform me of the particular subject on which the political dispute turned, and of the sentiments principles that were maintained by the respective parties. The information I am anxious to receive....
55620From Alexander Hamilton to John Laurance, 1 June 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, June 1, 1797. On June 3, 1797, Laurance wrote to Hamilton : “I have received your letter of the first Instant.” Letter not found. ]