Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Newton, Junior, 4 August 1792

From Thomas Newton, Junior1

Norfolk [Virginia] August 4, 1792. Describes progress of construction of lighthouse at Cape Henry. Asks Hamilton to instruct John McComb, Jr., the contractor, “To have a pavement without the Light house as the sand drifts very much.”

ALS, RG 26, Lighthouse Letters Received, Vol. “A,” Pennsylvania and Southern States, National Archives.

1. Newton was inspector of the revenue for Survey No. 4 in Virginia.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Newton, Junior, 4 August 1792
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    Newton, Thomas, Jr.
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    4 August 1792

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Newton, Junior, 4 August 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-12-02-0127. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 12, July 1792 – October 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967, p. 164.]

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