Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from John Chaloner, 20 August 1788

From John Chaloner1

Philadelphia, August 20, 1788. Sends Hamilton an abstract of John Holker’s “title to lands in N York State offered by him as a substitute to Mr Church & others who have commenced suits against him for protested bills in place of his bail in said suits.” Asks Hamilton about the validity of this title.

ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Chaloner wrote to H in the latter’s capacity as attorney to John B. Church, Elizabeth Hamilton’s brother-in-law.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from John Chaloner, 20 August 1788
    Author
    Chaloner, John
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    20 August 1788

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from John Chaloner, 20 August 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-05-02-0018. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 5, June 1788 – November 1789, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 203.]

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