Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Isaac Gregory, 25 June 1794

To Isaac Gregory1

Treasury Department, June 25, 1794. “It being understood that the office of Surveyor at Pasquotank River bridge in your District is vacant I request that you will recommend a fit person to fill that office.…”2

LC, RG 56, Letters to Collectors at Small Ports, “Set G,” National Archives.

1. Gregory was collector of customs at the port of Plankbridge in the District of Camden, North Carolina.

2. Edmund Sawyer had been appointed surveyor of the port of Pasquotank Bridge in the District of Camden, North Carolina, on February 9, 1789 (Executive Journal, I description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate (Washington, 1828), I. description ends , 37, 39). On February 20, 1797, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Mathias E. Sawyer to fill the position left vacant when Edmund Sawyer died (Executive Journal, I description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate (Washington, 1828), I. description ends , 226).

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Isaac Gregory, 25 June 1794
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Gregory, Isaac
    Date
    25 June 1794

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Isaac Gregory, 25 June 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-16-02-0494. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 16, February 1794 – July 1794, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972, p. 526.]

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