Alexander Hamilton Papers

Joseph Whipple to Alexander Hamilton, 29 October 1789

From Joseph Whipple

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, October 29, 1789. Describes the safeguards needed to check smuggling in New Hampshire. Presents merchants’ complaints concerning the method used for calculating ships’ tonnage for levying the tonnage tax.

LC, RG 36, Collector of Customs at Portsmouth, Letters Sent, 1789–1790, Vol. 1, National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters from the Collector at Portsmouth, National Archives.

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    Joseph Whipple to Alexander Hamilton, 29 October 1789
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    Whipple, Joseph
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    29 October 1789

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    “Joseph Whipple to Alexander Hamilton, 29 October 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-05-02-0265. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 5, June 1788 – November 1789, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, pp. 476–477.]

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