William Ellery to Alexander Hamilton, [25 January 1791]

From William Ellery

[Newport, Rhode Island, January 25, 1791. “… By the last Post I received the substitute hydrometer with the apparatus which you transmitted, with your letter of the 18th of the last month,1 and a description of Dycas’s Hydrometer, with directions for the use of it, and directions also for the use of the Substitute.…”

LC, Newport Historical Society, Newport, Rhode Island.

1. “Treasury Department Circular to the Collectors of the Customs,” December 18, 1790 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (27 vols., New York and London, 1961–1987). description ends , VII, 368–72).

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Title: William Ellery to Alexander Hamilton, [25 January 1791]
Author: Ellery, William
Recipient: Hamilton, Alexander
Date: 25 January 1791

Reference

Cite as: “William Ellery to Alexander Hamilton, [25 January 1791],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0002-0273. [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. 601.]

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