[New York, September 8, 1790. On Lewis’s letter to Hamilton of August 9, 1790, there is an endorsement which reads: “Answered Sepr. 8. 1790.” Letter not found.]
1. Lewis, a lawyer, was a member of the New York State Assembly.
“From Alexander Hamilton to Morgan Lewis, [8 September 1790],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-07-02-0017. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 7, September 1790 – January 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1963, p. 26.]