1. Dexter was supervisor of the revenue for Rhode Island. Although Dexter’s covering letter has not been found, he apparently forwarded the two letters printed below to H sometime in October, 1791.
“To Alexander Hamilton from John Dexter, [October 1791],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-09-02-0316-0001. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 9, August 1791 – December 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1965, p. 432.]