1To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 19 November 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, Revenue Office, November 19, 1794. “It appears by the enclosed receipt that Mr. Joel Gibbs has dld.…132 Hats for wh he is to be paid at the rate of 102 cents ⅌ hat. I have the honor to request that a Wart. for 134 Drs 64/100 may be issued in his favor.…” LC , RG 75, Letters of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of the Revenue, Relating to the Procurements of Military, Naval, and...
2To Alexander Hamilton from John Jay, 19 November 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
My Task is done—whether Finis coronat opus, the President Senate and Public will decide. This Letter goes by the Packet, and the Treaty with it. Some parts of it require Elucidation to common Readers. I have not Time for comments. Lord Grenville is anxious to dismiss the Packet. If this Treaty fails, I dispair of another. If satisfactory, care should be taken that public opinion be not misled...