Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, 11 October 1792

To Thomas Jefferson

Treasury Department
October 11th 1792.

sir

I have it in contemplation to make arrangements for the payment of the debt, which appears on the Books of the Treasury, to be due to His Most Catholic Majesty, being for advances made on account of the United States during the late War with G Britain.1

I make this communication, in order that if any reasons against the payment exist in the knowlege of the Department of State they may be made known.

I have the honor to be   Very Respectfully   sir Your Obedt Servt

Alexander Hamilton

The Secretary of State

LS, Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress.

1. See Joseph Nourse to H, October 9, 1792.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, 11 October 1792
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    11 October 1792

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, 11 October 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-12-02-0384. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 12, July 1792 – October 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967, p. 547.]

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