To Alexander Hamilton from Jean Baptiste de Ternant, 18 April [1793]
From Jean Baptiste de Ternant1
[Philadelphia] du 18 avril [1793]
Le M. f. previent le S. d. la t. des E. U. qu’il a donné à Conyngham Nesbit et compe.2 deux mandats dont un de 40624 Doll. 33/00 à vue faisant le reliqua du payement echu au 15 du present et l’autre de 9980 Dol. 28/00 payable au lr. de may prochain.
T.
LC,
, Supplement Vol. 20.1. For background to this letter, see Tobias Lear to H, February 8, 1793; “Cabinet Meeting. Opinion on Furnishing Three Million Livres Agreeably to the Request of the French Minister,” February 25, 1793; H to Ternant, February 26, 1793.
2. The Philadelphia merchant firm of David H. Conyngham and John M. Nesbitt acted as purchasing agents in the United States for the French government.