Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from John Habersham, 14 November 1789

From John Habersham1

Savannah, November 14, 1789. “… In answer to your letter of the 1st. ultimo,2 I have to inform you, that the only public Convenience we have in this Port and Harbour, is a Light House on the Island of Tybee.…”

ALS, RG 26, Lighthouse Letters Received, Vol. “A,” Pennsylvania and Southern States, National Archives.

1. Habersham was collector of customs at Savannah.

2. “Treasury Department Circular to the Collectors of the Customs,” October 1, 1789.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from John Habersham, 14 November 1789
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    Habersham, John
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    14 November 1789

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from John Habersham, 14 November 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-05-02-0309. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 5, June 1788 – November 1789, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 515.]

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