Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, 2 January 1793

To the President and Directors of the
Bank of the United States

Treasury Department
January 2 1793.

Gentlemen

I have to request that you will advance to Tench Coxe Esqr, Commissioner of the Revenue, the sum of nine hundred and sixty five Dollars and forty seven Cents, upon the same principles as mentioned in my letter to you of the 10th of October last.1

It will be necessary to take a receipt from Mr Coxe, specifying that this money is for his own, Clerks and Messenger’s salaries from the 1st of October 1792 to the 31st of December following.2

I have the honor to be,   Gentlemen, Your Obedt Servt.

Alexander Hamilton

The President and
Directors of the Bank
of the US.

LS, Amherst College.

1. Letter not found.

2. A receipt in Coxe’s handwriting accompanies this letter.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, 2 January 1793
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    President and Directors of the Bank of the United States
    Date
    2 January 1793

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, 2 January 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-13-02-0226. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 13, November 1792 – February 1793, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967, pp. 441–442.]

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