Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Jedediah Huntington, 22 September 1790

From Jedediah Huntington1

New London [Connecticut] September 22, 1790. “Mr Nathaniel Richards will contract to supply the Light House at this Port, for one year from the first of October next with Oil, Wick, Candles & Soap … for 380 Dollars.… I have agreed to give Daniel Harris for tending the Light 80 dollars ⅌ year.…”

ALS, RG 26, Lighthouse Letters Received, Vol. “C,” Connecticut and New York, National Archives.

1. Huntington was collector of customs at New London, Connecticut.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Jedediah Huntington, 22 September 1790
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    Huntington, Jedediah
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    22 September 1790

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Jedediah Huntington, 22 September 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-07-02-0046. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 7, September 1790 – January 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1963, p. 64.]

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