Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 24 March 1792

From Alexander Hamilton

[Philadelphia] 24th March 1792.

The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor to communicate to The President a letter which he has just received from Mr Short. It communicates the agreeable information of a Loan at four per Cent.1

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1. The enclosed letter of William Short to Hamilton was either that of 23 or 28 Dec. 1791, both of which announced the new loan completed at Amsterdam (see Syrett, Hamilton Papers, description begins Harold C. Syrett et al., eds. The Papers of Alexander Hamilton. 27 vols. New York, 1961–87. description ends 10:403–4, 472–80).

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Title: Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 24 March 1792
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 24 March 1792

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Cite as: “Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 24 March 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-10-02-0091. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 10, 1 March 1792 – 15 August 1792, ed. Robert F. Haggard and Mark A. Mastromarino. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2002, p. 152.]

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