To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Spencer, 30 August 1797
From Thomas Spencer1
Albany, August 30, 1797. Asks Hamilton to examine the validity of the title to various tracts of land owned by Spencer lying between Lake Superior and Lake Huron.2
ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
1. Spencer was an Albany merchant.
2. The following receipt, written by H and signed by Spencer, appears at the bottom of this letter: “Received of Alexander Hamilton the papers abovementione[d]
NYork Jany 1 1799
Thos Spencer.”