To Alexander Hamilton from Sharp Delany, 9 January 1790
From Sharp Delany
[Philadelphia] January 9, 1790. “By this post I forward my Cash Acct for the last week.… A Vessell enters—and pays tonnage or does not pay—she is sold, or intends for another Port in the United States, and demands a License. Quere, should another Tonnage for the Year be demanded & paid?”
LC, Bureau of Customs, Philadelphia.