81To Alexander Hamilton from Otho H. Williams, 5 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
A desperate state of ill health has for a considerable time detached me from the duties of my Office as Collector, but it fortunately happened, upon the receipt of the law laying the Embargo on the 28th of March, that I was able to attend to its immediate execution; I can therefore the more fully of my own knowledge answer your letter of the 26th Ultimo. All the Vessels belonging to the French...