Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from James Scott and Company, 24 April 1801

From James Scott1 and Company

New York 24 April 1801

Sir

We inclose you One hundred as fee in our Cause against the Columbian Insurance Co. and other Underwriters on Schooner Raven & Cargo, Condemnd in Newprovidence.2

Yours Respectfully

Scott & Co.

Martin S Wilkins3 is Attorney and will furnish the Papers.

LS, New York Law Institute, New York City.

1. Scott was a New York City merchant and shipowner.

2. H made the following entry in his Law Register, 1795–1804.

“Scott & Co
v
Columbian I
Company &
others		 } Schooner Raven
& cargo
 Raven

Retainer 100 Ds

24th April 1801” (D, partially in H’s handwriting, New York Law Institute, New York City). See also Goebel, Law Practice description begins Julius Goebel, Jr., ed., The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton: Documents and Commentary (New York and London, 1964–). description ends , II, 774–75.

3. Wilkins was a New York City lawyer.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from James Scott and Company, 24 April 1801
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    James Scott and Company
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    24 April 1801

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from James Scott and Company, 24 April 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-25-02-0208. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 25, July 1800 – April 1802, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1977, pp. 383–384.]