Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 23 December 1794

To George Washington

Treasy. Dept. Decembr. 23d. 1794.

Sir,

The present state & prospects of the Treasury render it necessary, without delay, to exercise the power vested in the President by the act passed the 18 instant, intitled “an act authorizing a Loan of two millions of Dollars.”1

To enable him to determine this a probable view of receipts & expenditures distributed quarter yearly is herewith presented, and the form of a power2 as usual to The Secretary of the Treasury to make the Loan, is submitted.

With perfect respect &c.

Alexander Hamilton
Secy. of the Treasy.

LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. 1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, I (Boston, 1845). description ends 404 (December 18, 1794).

2. See Washington to H, December 24, 1794.

Index Entries

You Are Looking At

Source Project: Hamilton Papers
Title: Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 23 December 1794
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 23 December 1794

Reference

Cite as: “Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 23 December 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-17-02-0455-0001. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 17, August 1794 – December 1794, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972, pp. 462–463.]

More between these correspondents