Alexander Hamilton Papers

Joseph Hiller to Alexander Hamilton, 10 October 1789

From Joseph Hiller1

[Salem, Massachusetts] October 10, 1789. “… there is neither Lighthouse, Beacon nor Buoy within this District of Salem & Beverly.…”

Extract, RG 26, Lighthouse Letters Received, Vol. “B,” New Hampshire and Massachusetts, National Archives.

1. This letter is in reply to “Treasury Department Circular to the Collectors of the Customs,” October 1, 1789.

Hiller was collector of the customs for Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts.

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    Joseph Hiller to Alexander Hamilton, 10 October 1789
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    Hiller, Joseph
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    10 October 1789

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    “Joseph Hiller to Alexander Hamilton, 10 October 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-05-02-0214. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 5, June 1788 – November 1789, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 434.]

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