Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Nicholas Gilman, [10 September 1790]

To Nicholas Gilman1

[New York, September 10, 1790]

Private

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

New York Sepr. 10. 1790

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 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , VI, 380–81); H to George Washington, September 10, 29, October 28, 1790 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , VII, 31–32, 77–79, 104–05); Joseph Whipple to H, October 9, 1790 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , VII, 130–31); H to Gilman, November 19, 1790 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , VII, 158).

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Nicholas Gilman, [10 September 1790]
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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Nicholas Gilman, [10 September 1790],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0002-0220. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 26, 1 May 1802 – 23 October 1804, Additional Documents 1774–1799, Addenda and Errata, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1979, p. 554.]

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