1To Alexander Hamilton from James Taylor and Abishai Thomas, [28 June 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
On the 18th. Instant Mr. Thomas had the Honor to address you on the Subject of the pensions paid to invalids by the state of N. Carolina, since which we have found that payments made by that State to Widows & orphans of deceased officers are in the same predicament. We therefore respectfully request that with your answer to Mr. Thomas’s letter you will favour us with your sentiments on the...
2To Alexander Hamilton from James Taylor and Abishai Thomas, [27 June 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
As there are sundry Credits to the State of N. Carolina existing on the books of the Treasury of the U.S. The vouchers of which the undersigned Agents of said State are not in possession of whereon to Support the claims of said State for such credits, We take the liberty to solicit that you will be so good as to direct the proper Officer to furnish us on or before the 30th instant with an...
3[A Correspondent], [4 June 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[Philadelphia] Gazette of the United States , June 4, 1792. Part of the column devoted to correspondence in the June 4, 1792, issue of the Gazette of the United States is attributed to H by Philip Marsh (“Further Attributions to Hamilton’s Pen,” The New-York Historical Society Quarterly , XL [October, 1956], 353–54). No other evidence, however, of H’s authorship has been found.
4To Alexander Hamilton from John Adams, [4 August 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Quincy, Massachusetts, August 4, 1792. On August 16, 1792, Hamilton wrote to Adams : “I have been duly favoured with your letter of the 4th Instant.” Letter not found. ]
5Meeting of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, [9 April 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
At a Meeting of The Commissioners of the Sinking fund, mentioned in the Act making provision for the reduction of the public debt, at the Senate Chamber April 9. 1794. Present, The Vice President of the United States, The Secretary of the Treasury, The Secretary of State, The Attorney General A report from Joseph Nourse, register of the Treasury, was read, stating that the dividends of...
6Report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, [18 November 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
The vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, the Chief Justice, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General respectfully report to Congress as follows: That pursuant to the act entitled “An Act, making provision for the reduction of the Public Debt” and in conformity to resolutions agreed upon by them and severally approved by the...
7To Alexander Hamilton from John Adams, 25 April 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I do my self the honour to transmit to you my Accounts which remain unsettled, for the last two years and Eight months of my Administrations abroad in the service of the United States. I have left a Blank for my Salary. In my own opinion it is but Justice that it should be filled up with the Sum of two thousand five hundred Pounds sterling a year, because this was the contract under which I...
8To Alexander Hamilton from John Adams, 9 April 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received the Letter you did me the honor to write me this morning and as the Secretary of State accidentally fell in before I had opportunity to answer it, we agreed to propose a meeting at his House at two o’Clock on Monday next. If that time and place are agreeable to you, and the Secretary at War, they will be particularly so to me who have the honor to be with great regard, Sir your...
9Report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, [7 November 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
[To the President of the Senate] The Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, The Chief Justice, The Secretary of State, The Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General respectfully report to the Congress of the United States of America. That pursuant to the Act intitled an Act making provision for the reduction of the public debt and in conformity to two...
10John Adams to John Jay, 21 March 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
A difference of opinion having arisen among those of the Trustees of the Sinking Fund, who are now in this City, respecting the construction of their authority under the Act making provision for the Reduction of the Public Debt, by which they are equally divided, your presence here towards settling the principle which is in question, in order to the future conduct of the business, has become...