Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 13 August 1792

From George Washington1

Mount Vernon Augt. 13. 1792.

Dr Sir,

Under a blank cover, I returned signed the provisional Contract for the supply of the Lighthouse in New Hampshire.

It is pleasing to find by the Letter from our Commissioners at Amsterdam, that the credit of the United States remains upon so respectable a footing in the United Netherlands.

I am Dr. Sir, &c.

G: Washington

LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. For background to this letter, see the second letter Tench Coxe wrote to H, July 25, 1792, and H to Washington, August 3, 1792.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 13 August 1792
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    Washington, George
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    13 August 1792

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 13 August 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-12-02-0153. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 12, July 1792 – October 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967, p. 199.]

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