From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, 19 March 1794
To Jeremiah Olney1
Treasury Department, March 19, 1794. “I have to acknowlege the receipt of your letter of the 17th of last month. I approve of the employment of additional counsel in the suits of Messrs Arnold & Dexter.”2
LS, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; LC, RG 56, Letters to Collectors at Small Ports, “Set G,” National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to the Collector at Providence, National Archives.
1. For background to this letter, see Olney to H, November 7, 15, 28, December 10, 13, 27, 1792; March 14, 25, April 15, 25, September 23, October 7, 21, November 21, 1793; February 17, 1794; H to Olney, November 27, 1792; November 7, 1793.
2. Welcome Arnold and Edward Dexter were Providence merchants.