Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, 24 September 1792

To Jeremiah Olney1

Treasury Department Sept 24th 1792

Sir

I enclose you duplicate of my letter of the 19th instant, to which I refer you in answer to yours of the 13th.

I shall only add, that it interests the merchants as much as the Public to discountenance such a species of evasion. For could it long succeed, it would render credits for the duties inadmissible. It will be well to let this idea get into circulation among the merchants.

I am Sir Your obedt Servt

A Hamilton

Jere. Olney Esqr
Collector Providence

LS, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.

1. For background to this letter, see William Ellery to H, September 4, 1792; Olney to H, September 8, 1792.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, 24 September 1792
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Olney, Jeremiah
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    24 September 1792

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, 24 September 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-12-02-0329. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 12, July 1792 – October 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967, p. 424.]

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