Alexander Hamilton Papers

Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, [21 December 1791]

To the President and Directors of the
Bank of the United States

[Treasury Department, December 21, 1791. The description of this letter in the dealer’s catalogue reads: “On banking matters and suggesting that they give ‘such information as you can prudently impart to enable them [the Collectors of Impost and tonnage throughout the United States] to detect counterfeits which may be offered them.’” Letter not found.]

The Collector: A Magazine for Autograph and Historical Collectors. LXVII. No. 1–2 (January-February, 1954), 7, Item e 45.

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    Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, [21 December 1791]
    Author
    Hamilton, Alexander
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    President and Directors of the Bank of the United States
    Date
    21 December 1791

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    “Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, [21 December 1791],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0002-0312. [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. 647.]

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