William Leary to Alexander Hamilton, 27 December 1785
From William Leary1
New York, December 27, 1785. “Please … deliver all the papers … [respecting] my father to the bearer my Clark.”2
ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
1. Leary owned a grocery store at 182 Water Street in New York City.
2. At the bottom of this letter, H wrote: “Delivered Bond Mortgage & Certificate of discharge according to the above.”

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