From Alexander Hamilton to Wilhem and Jan Willink, Nicholaas and Jacob Van Staphorst, and Nicholas Hubbard, 31 October 1791
To Wilhem and Jan Willink,
Nicholaas and Jacob Van Staphorst,
and Nicholas Hubbard
Treasury Department,
October 31st. 1791.
Gentlemen,
I have directed the Treasurer of the United States to draw upon you for one million of Guilders, at the same sight as in the last case.1 These Bills will be discharged out of the loan of 6.000.0002 of Guilders, mentioned in the letters of Mr. Short and yourselves, of August last.
I am &c.
Alexander Hamilton.
Messrs. Willink, Van Staphorst,
& Hubbard. Amsterdam.
Copy, RG 233, Reports of the Treasury Department, 1792–1793, Vol. III, National Archives. This letter was enclosed in H’s “Report on Foreign Loans,” February 13, 1793.
2. The Holland loan of September, 1791. For a description of this loan, see William Short to H, August 31, 1791.