56111From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Broome, [16 August 1788] (Hamilton Papers)
I have this moment received your letter of the thirteenth instant, and am sorry that the rules of propriety in respect to my situation, as a member of Congress, will not permit my acting in the capacity you wish. My situation for some time past has prevented my acknowleging one or two of your favors, which have been duly handed to me. I recollect that one of them contains an inquiry concerning...
56112Treasury Department Circular to the Collectors of the Customs, 31 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Agreeably to an order of the Senate of the United States, passed on the 7th of May last, a copy of which is herewith transmitted, I have to request that you will furnish me, immediately after the first of October next with the particular statements required by the said order. From these a general Abstract is to be formed at the Treasury; and as Uniformity in the mode of stating the receipts...
56113From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 28 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Col. Taylor informs me that he has recommended Doctor John Orton as Surgeon’s Mate in his regiment in place of Doctor Spaldin who declines serving in that capacity. From the manner in appearance of this Gentleman, and from manner in which Colonel Taylor speaks of him this Gentleman, I should suppose him to be perfectly worthy of the post— With great respect ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas...
56114From Alexander Hamilton to Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg, 5 January 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to send herewith, agreeably to the order of the House of Representatives, of the 15th of December 1794, Sundry petitions heretofore referred to me, and which are Specified in the inclosed list; and to be, with perfect respect, Sir, Your most Obedient and humble servant, Copy, RG 233, Reports of the Secretary of the Treasury, 1784–1795, Vol. IV, National Archives; copy,...
56115From Alexander Hamilton to Nicholas Low, [14 June 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
The bearer of this is a Mr Campbell who has lately brought from Europe some Machinery to hand for establishing a Cotton Manufactory at Patterson. He wants to ascertain when & how soon the proper accommodation & Materials can be found there. Be so good as to aid him with all the necessary lights. Yrs. with much esteem ALS , The Turner Manuscript Collection at the Torrington Library, Torrington,...
56116From Alexander Hamilton to William Rawle, 26 June 1803 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, June 26, 1803. On June 27–July 29, 1803, Rawle wrote to Hamilton : “This morning I received your favor of the 26th. inst.” Letter not found. ] A native of Philadelphia, Rawle studied law in England at the Middle Temple from 1781 to 1782. In 1782 he returned to America, and in 1789 he was elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly. He was United States attorney for the District of...
56117From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Samuel Blachley Webb, [2 March 1781] (Hamilton Papers)
With some difficulty, the General has in part consented to your wishes. Col Hazen is going to Philadelphia on business; the small number of Colonels now with the army makes him unwilling to let you be absent till he returns. When he returns, if you can obtain General Heaths permission it will be agreeable to The General. You may make use of this letter to him. I am with great regard yr...
56118From Alexander Hamilton to Major General Horatio Gates, 12 September 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
His Excellency commands me to inform you, that he has received advice, that the enemy, who had made a debarkation at Bedford, after burning the little town, had reimbarked their troops and were hovering about the Coast. He does not think it expedient that you should advance too far from the army and therefore desires, that you will halt near Bedford ’till you hear further from him. I am Sir ...
56119From Alexander Hamilton to Daniel Jackson, 6 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letters of the twelfth and eighteenth of December. The attention of the Secretary of War has been heretofore called to the subject of extra expence, and I have urged him to establish some definitive rules for the government of officers. This however has not yet been done. I have sent the account for repairs to the barracks at Salem, and that for a barge for Fort...
56120From Alexander Hamilton to William Ellery, [21 July 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, July 21, 1792. On August 6, 1792, Ellery wrote to Hamilton : “I have recd. your … letters of the 21. 25. & 26 of the last month.” Letter of July 21 not found. ]
56121From Alexander Hamilton to James O’Hara, 7 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The recruiting rendezvouses in Virginia are 1. New London, 2. Powhatan Court House, 3. Petersburg—4 Suffolk — & Kempsville either or both for one—5th. City of Richmond, 6. Williamsburg, 7 Accomac Ct. House, 8th Northumberland Cor. House—9th Bowling Green—10 Culpepper Court House—11. Fauquir Court House 12 Leesburg—13. Fredericksburg. 14. Charlottesville—15 Winchester—16 Staunton 17 Fincastle...
56122From Alexander Hamilton to the President, Directors, and Company of the Bank of the United States, 13 September 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
I have to request that you will be so obliging as to pay to Mr. Peter Le Barbier Duplessis Attorney for Peter Le Maigre the sum of Eighteen hundred and Sixty Three dollars being so much certified by the Comptroller of the Treasury to be due from the United States to the said Peter Le Maigre, for the hire of his Brig Molly to carry Mr. Higginson, who was appointed by the President Agent to go...
56123From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 1 February 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
The Trustees of the sinking fund have thought fit to commit to you the making of purchases of the public debt to the amount of fifty thousand Dollars pursuant to the Act making provision for the reduction of the public debt. To enable you to execute this trust (which I doubt not you will chearfully undertake) I have directed the Treasurer to forward to you fifty thousand dollars in Notes of...
56124From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus Graves, 13 June 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Inclosed is a letter authorising Your Regimental Pay Master to advance to you 650 Dollars. This sum you will apply towards the payment of 200 Dollars to Benjamin Gales on account of his disbursements for the use of your Regiment, of 200 Dollars to Ephraim Curtis on the like account, of 195 Dollars to your officers for defraying the expences of quarters while on the recruiting service and on...
56125From Alexander Hamilton to Tench Coxe, [16 May 1796] (Hamilton Papers)
I am anxious to be informed how our affair now stands with Messrs. Wheelen & Co. & that it be brought to an issue. How stands also the question depending before the board of the land Office? Yr. Obed ser ALS , Papers of Tench Coxe in the Coxe Family Papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. For an explanation of the contents of this letter, see the introductory note to...
56126From Alexander Hamilton to James Triplett, 6 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter of the 20th. Decr. I have received— The whole of the transactions therein mentioned having happened within the sphere of Genl. Pinckney’s command it is his province to attend to your request—All I can therefore do ther efore in this case is to write to Genl. Pinckney and enclose your letter, which I shall be accordingly done— With ( Df , in the handwriting of Ethan Brown, Hamilton...
56127Examination of Hugh Henry Brackenridge, [18–19 November 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
Early next morning, a subpena was read to me, from judge Peters, commanding me before him, at his chamber, to give testimony, touching all such matters as should be enquired of me. I considered this as, in fact, an examination touching myself; and that, on the opinion formed from this, was to depend my being or not being arrested. I attended the judge, and was referred by him to secretary...
56128From Alexander Hamilton to Daniel Jackson, 1 July 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I send you the extract of a letter of the 28 of June from the Secretary of War. As to the prevention of intercourse between the troops and the sick in the Hospital, in cases where it may be necessary, I can only recommend the usual precautions of Centinels placed at a proper distance , from the Hospital, to prevent communic to be determined by medical advice, with strict orders to permit allow...
56129Statement C: [Debts Charged upon the Unexpended and Uncollected Income of the United States], 14 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Statement Exhibiting the Debts Charged upon the Unexpended and Uncollected Income of the United States on the Last Day of the Year 1792 To the following Sums, which rested as Charges upon the Excess of Income stated ⅌ Contra on the 31st. December 1792. Vizt: By the Excess of Income beyond the actual disbursements of the Treasury to the end of the Year 1792, including all sums remaining...
56130From Alexander Hamilton to Ebenezer Stevens, 31 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
You are requested to provide and ship immediately for the use of the Western Army, the Medicines and Hospital Stores mentioned in the Invoice inclosed. With great consideration I am Sir yr. obedt. Servt. Doctor Bacon, between St Pauls & Liberty Street— ( LS , in the handwriting of Ethan Brown, New-York Historical Society, New York City; Df , in the handwriting of Ethan Brown, Hamilton Papers,...
56131From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Lloyd Moore, [27] February 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
There being some officers under arrest, it has become necessary to appoint a Court Martial for their trial. The enclosed copy of a General Order will inform you that you are to be President of this Court and of the time and place of its sitting— I request you will cause as many Offi To avoid the trouble and expence of detaching officers from distant places, it is my wish desire to form the...
56132Constitutional Convention. Remarks on the Ineligibility of Members of the House of Representatives for Other Offices … (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Hamilton. Evasions cd. not be prevented—as by proxies—by friends holding for a year, & them opening the way &c. Hunt and Scott, Debates Gaillard Hunt and James Brown Scott, eds., The Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 Which Framed the Constitution of the United States of America. Reported by James Madison (New York, 1920). , 155. Robert Yates’s version of H’s speech reads: “The...
56133From Alexander Hamilton to George Clinton, [3 August 1783] (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, August 3, 1783. Letter not found. ] “General Hamilton to Governor George Clinton,” Columbia University Libraries.
56134From Alexander Hamilton to Oliver Wolcott, Junior, 29 October 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, October 29, 1795. On October 30, 1795, Hamilton wrote to Wolcott : “I wrote you yesterday.” Letter not found. ]
56135From Alexander Hamilton to Angelica Church, [3 August 1785] (Hamilton Papers)
You have been much better to me My Dear friend since you left America, than I have deserved, for you have written to me oftener than I have written to you. I will make no apology; for I am sure you will attribute it to any thing else rather than to a defect of pleasure in writing to you. Mr. Van Schaik delivered me your last; if he were not a man of merit (as he is) your patronage would be a...
56136From Alexander Hamilton to Nathan Rice, 8 April 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
The Deputy Pay Master General, in a conversation which I have just had with him, stated to me that altho near three thousand dollars were due to the fourteenth regiment on the thirty first of October, yet pay and muster rolls were not received by him untill the close of January when no time was lost in taking the necessary measures for a settlement. He further states to me that pay and muster...
56137From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, [22 January 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, January 22, 1791. On February 23, 1791, Lincoln wrote to Hamilton and referred to “your letter of the 22nd ultimo.” Letter not found. ] PAH Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). , VIII, 61–62.
56138From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 28 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I have not, as you will imagine, been inattentive to your political squabble. I believe you are right (though I have not accurately examined) but I am not without apprehension that a ferment may be raised which may not be allayed when you wish it. Tis not to be forgotten that the opposers of Clinton are the real friends to order & good Government; and that it will ill become them to give an...
56139From Alexander Hamilton to Caleb Swan, 18 May 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have recommended Lt. Jacob Wilson as Pay Master to the detachment under Major Cass in place of Lt. Blake resigned—The nomination however has not yet received the sanction of the S of War— I understand from Major Cass that the bounty money deposited in the hands of the different recruiting officers has been withdrawn by your orders, and the recruiting service thus brought to a stand. I...
56140Report on the Petition of Jacob Rash, 5 August 1790, [7 August 1790] (Hamilton Papers)
[To the Speaker of the House of Representatives] The Secretary of the Treasury having considered the petition of Jacob Rash, referred to him on the 29th. day of June last, respectfully reports: That the reasons which induced the late Congress of the United States, to grant a renewal of Continental Loan Office Certificates, destroyed through accident appear of equal weight in regard to other...