Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 5 December 1794

To George Washington

Treasury Department, December 5, 1794. “The Secretary of The Treasury has the honor to submit to the President a letter from the Commissioner of The Revenue of the 3d. instant.…1 The present offer appears admissible. If the President thinks so—his approbation noted on the letter of the Commissioner of the revenue,2 will put the business in execution.”

LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Tench Coxe to H, December 3, 1794.

2. For Washington’s approval, see Coxe to H, December 3, 1794, note 2.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 5 December 1794
    Author
    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Washington, George
    Date
    5 December 1794

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 5 December 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-17-02-0404. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 17, August 1794 – December 1794, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972, p. 424.]

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