From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, [29 May 1791]

To Benjamin Lincoln

[Philadelphia, May 29, 1791]

Private

Dr Sir

I have written to the Directors of the Bank of Massachusettes, a letter of which the inclosed is a copy.1 Be so good as to aid in diffusing the knowledge of the arrangement.

You need not mention the transmission of the letter lest it should be misinterpreted.

I remain very truly Your friend & serv

A Hamilton

May the 29. 1791

General Lincoln

ALS, Maine Historical Society, Portland.

1. H to the President and Directors of the Massachusetts Bank, May 30, 1791.

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Source Project: Hamilton Papers
Title: From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, [29 May 1791]
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Lincoln, Benjamin
Date: 29 May 1791

Reference

Cite as: “From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, [29 May 1791],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-08-02-0348. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 8, February 1791 – July 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1965, pp. 395–396.]

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