From Alexander Hamilton to Jonathan Fitch, 24 September 1792
To Jonathan Fitch
Treasury Department
September 24th 1792.
Sir
In answer to the question proposed in your letter of the 17th instant,1 I have to observe that the credit for the Duties upon distilled spirits imported, if of the produce of the West Indies is four months; but if of the prod⟨uce⟩ of any other foreign Country the Duties are payable one half in six months, one quarter in nine months and the other quarter in twelve months.2
I am Sir ⟨Your⟩ Obedt Servant
Jonathan Fitch Esqr.
Collr New Haven.
L[S], Federal Records Center, Boston; copy, RG 56, Letters to Collectors at Small Ports, “Set G,” National Archives.
1. Letter not found.
2. Terms of credit were specified under Section 8 of “An Act for raising a farther sum of money for the protection of the frontiers, and for other purposes therein mentioned” ( 260–61 [May 2, 1792]). For the text of this section, see Charles Lee to H, July 5, 1792, note 2.