Alexander Hamilton Papers

Thomas Newton, Junior, to Alexander Hamilton, 16 February 1791

From Thomas Newton, Junior1

Norfolk [Virginia] February 16, 1791. Proposes that a “comfortable house” be built for the keeper of the Cape Henry lighthouse.

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

1. This letter was enclosed in Josiah Parker to H, March 5, 1791. Newton, a Norfolk lawyer, was nominated inspector of Survey No. 4 in Virginia on October 31, 1791.

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    Thomas Newton, Junior, to Alexander Hamilton, 16 February 1791
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    Newton, Thomas, Jr.
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    16 February 1791

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    “Thomas Newton, Junior, to Alexander Hamilton, 16 February 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-08-02-0044. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 8, February 1791 – July 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1965, p. 46.]

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