From Alexander Hamilton to Nicholas Gilman, [10 September 1790]
To Nicholas Gilman1
[New York, September 10, 1790]
Dr Sir
I take the liberty to request you will name to me to be submitted to the consideration of the President such persons your way as appear to you best qualified, (and who would be willing to serve) as officers on Board a Revenue boat to be employed on your Eastern Coast.2
Prudence activity Vigilance and strict integrity are the desiderata.
Yours with great esteem & regard
A Hamilton
The Honble Mr Gilman
ALS, from the Rokeby Collection, Barrytown, Dutchess County, New York, courtesy of Mr. Richard Aldrich and others.
1. Gilman, a veteran of the American Revolution, was a Federalist member of the House of Representatives from New Hampshire.
2. For additional information concerning the subject of this letter, see “Report on Defects in the Existing Laws of Revenue,” April 22, 1790 ( , VI, 380–81); H to George Washington, September 10, 29, October 28, 1790 ( , VII, 31–32, 77–79, 104–05); Joseph Whipple to H, October 9, 1790 ( , VII, 130–31); H to Gilman, November 19, 1790 ( , VII, 158).