From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Gerry, 26 September 1792
To Samuel Gerry
Treasury Department, September 26, 1792. “I have directed another Thermometer to be sent.…1 The article being an expensive one, it is necessary that care be taken for its preservation.”
LC, Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts; RC, Bentley Historical Library (Crouse Autograph Collection), Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1. See H to Gerry, August 18, 1792.