Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, 25 July 1792

To Jeremiah Olney

Treasury Department
July 25th 1792.

Sir

I have before me your letter of the 16th instant, concerning certain Brandy, intended to be exported by Messrs Clark and Nightingale.

There can be no doubt that the Brandy, being a foreign article, will be liable, as the law stands, to duty on its return. The drawback cannot be allowed, unless the proof required, of its having been actually landed at a foreign port, is produced.1

I am, Sir,   Your Obedt Servant.

Alexander Hamilton

Jeremiah Olney Esqr.
Collr Providence.

LS, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.

1. On August 13, 1792, H wrote to Olney clarifying the first sentence in this paragraph and stating that he had been mistaken in the second.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, 25 July 1792
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Olney, Jeremiah
    Date
    25 July 1792

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, 25 July 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-12-02-0083. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 12, July 1792 – October 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967, pp. 101–102.]

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