1John Fenno to Tobias Lear, 24 July 1790 (Washington Papers)
[New York] 24 July 1790. Sends two bound volumes of the Gazette of the United States after a delay of two months because of problems at the bindery and notes that one volume is a complimentary copy for GW’s library and the other is to replace issues earlier loaned by Lear. ALS , DLC:GW . John Fenno established the semiweekly Gazette of the United States in April 1789 at the seat of the new...
2To Alexander Hamilton from John Fenno, [19 November–3 December 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
In lieu of a narrative in my own writing the enclosed paper, with the marginal addition, contains all the facts. I would have transcribed it, but have not time. You will please Sir, to note the enclosed Account. AL , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Fenno was the editor of the [Philadelphia] Gazette of the United States . H endorsed this letter: “Mr. Fenno concerning his application to...
3To Alexander Hamilton from John Fenno, 9 November 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
After struggling for four years & an half with a complication of difficulties in supporting my publication, difficulties which no industrious person has perhaps been called to encounter since the organization of the general Government, I am reduced to a situation so embarrassed, as incapacitates me from printing another paper, without the aid of a considerable Loan. The Types, which I informed...