Alexander Hamilton to William Rawle, 17 July 1793

To William Rawle1

Treasury Department July 17th 1793

Sir

In answer to your letter of the 4th inst.2 I would advise to prepare the instruments in regard to Judge Symme’s purchase in the terms of the Act.3 This in an intermediate transaction must be safe on all sides. The Patents can adjust what may remain to be done and perhaps there may be opportunity in the mean time for an application to the legislature.

With great consideration I am Sir Your obed Servt

A Hamilton

William Rawle Esqr
Attorney of the United States
for the District of Pennsylvania

LS, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

1. For background to this letter, see H to Rawle, January 6, 1793, note 2; Israel Ludlow to H, July 10, 1793.

2. Letter not found.

3. H is referring to “An Act for ascertaining the bounds of a tract of land purchased by John Cleves Symmes” (6 Stat. description begins A. J. Dallas, Reports of Cases Ruled and Adjudged in the Several Courts of the United States and of Pennsylvania, Held at the Seat of the Federal Government. Vol. IV. Third Edition. Edited, With Notes and References to Later Decisions, by Frederick C. Brightly (New York, 1905). description ends 7–8 [April 12, 1792]).

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Title: Alexander Hamilton to William Rawle, 17 July 1793
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Rawle, William
Date: 17 July 1793

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Cite as: “Alexander Hamilton to William Rawle, 17 July 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-15-02-0082. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 15, June 1793 – January 1794, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1969, p. 107.]

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