Alexander Hamilton Papers

Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 1 December 1794

To George Washington

Philadelphia December 1. 1794

Sir

I have the honor to inform you that I have fixed upon the last of January next as the day for the resignation of my office of Secretary of the Treasury1 I make the communication now, that there may be time to mature such an arrangement as shall appear to you proper to meet the vacancy when it occurs.2

With perfect respect & the truest attachment   I have the honor to be   Sir   Your very obedient servt

The President of The UStates

ADf, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress; LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. See H to Washington, June 21, 1793, May 27, 1794; Washington to H, May 29, 1794.

2. On the back of the draft H wrote: “Remember to order Chariot & Chair & pay the duty.” See “An Act laying duties upon Carriages for the conveyance of Persons” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, I (Boston, 1845). description ends 373–76 [June 5, 1794]).

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    Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 1 December 1794
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Washington, George
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    1 December 1794

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    “Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 1 December 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-17-02-0392. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 17, August 1794 – December 1794, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972, p. 413.]

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