From Alexander Hamilton to Pierpont Edwards, 9 May 1791
To Pierpont Edwards1
Treasury Department
May 9th. 1791
Sir
Your account being allowed and certified by the District Judge must be forwarded to the Auditor of the Treasury, who will put it in a course of adjustment according to the forms of the Treasury.
You ought also to empower some person on the spot to receive and remit to you the amount of your account. The remittance can commonly be negotiated by a draught on one of your Collectors.
I am with great consideration Sir Your obed serv
⟨Alexander H⟩amilton
Pierpoint Edw⟨ards⟩
LS, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
1. Edwards was the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut.