From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 31 October 1792
To George Washington
Treasury Departmt. Octr. 31. 1792.
The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor respectfully to communicate to the President an authenticated copy of the Contract for the last Loan made in Holland, for three millions of florins,1 bearing date the 9th. of August 1792, at a rate of four per cent interest, of which Contract a ratification of the President as hereto-fore, is required.
Alexander Hamilton
Secy. of the Treasury.
LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
1. This is a reference to the Holland loan of 1792. For a description of this loan, see William Short to H, June 28, 1792, note 17.