Account with William Esenbeck, [5 July 1794]

Account with William Esenbeck1

[Philadelphia, July 5, 1794]

1794.
	Alexander Hamilton Esqr.
	To Wm. Esenbeck	Dr.
	To a Pamphlet bot. of Thos. Dobson2	0.	2.	9.
April 12th.	to a poorman. Alms.	0.	0.	5½
Do: 14th.	to Wm. Cannaday Hair-dresser.	0.	3.	9.
Do: 17th.	to Cash Ditto	0.	1.	10½
May 8th.	to Postage pd: by Mr. Jones3 for Mr. Harrison4	0.	0.	11.
Do: 26th.	to 2 poor People for Alms.	0.	0.	11.
June 4th.	to 2 Pounds of Cherries @ 11 d.	0.	1.	10½
Do: 9th.	to 1 lb of Bisquits @ 6 d. p lb.	0.	0.	6.
Do: 11th.	to 2 lb. Do. Do.	0.	1.	0.
Do. 19th.	to a Hair-dresser.	0.	1.	10½
Do: 25th.	to 2 lb of Bisquits @ 6 per lb	0.	1
July 1st.	to Postage for a Letter by Mr. Jones.	0.	1.	10½
		£.0.	18.	9.⟨½⟩
		Dollars		2.505

D, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Esenbeck was a messenger for the Secretary of the Treasury.

2. Dobson was a Philadelphia printer and bookseller.

3. Edward Jones was a clerk in the Treasury Department.

4. Presumably Richard Harrison, auditor of the Treasury Department.

5. The following receipt appears at the bottom of this account: “Received Payment of John Meyer July 5th 1794 Wm Esenbeck.”