To Alexander Hamilton from Walter Livingston, 3 September 1785
From Walter Livingston1
New York, September 3, 1785. “… the House of De Lande and Fynje of Amsterdam have stopt Payment with a Considerable Sum in their hands belonging to the United States. I shall be glad of Your Opinion as Counsel what legal measures I can pursue for securing any Property belonging to that House, which may be in the Hands of Persons in this State.”
ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
1. Livingston was a member of the Board of Treasury.