15321Enclosure: [Account of Funded Stock on the Books of the Treasury], March 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
An Account of Funded Stock on the Books of the Treasury, on which Attachments have been Laid. Time when notice of the Attachment was given at the Office. By whom attached. Proprietors of the Stock. Six &⅌ Cents. Three &⅌ Cents. Deferred. Dollars. Cents. Dollars. Cents. Dollars. Cents. 1793. June 29th: 11 Minutes past 7. A: M: Robert Morris.
15322Introductory Note: From Philip Schuyler, [31 January 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
The opening paragraph of the letter printed below contains the first reference in Hamilton’s extant correspondence to a series of events that led to the chartering of the Manhattan Company. This company, which eventually was to supply New York City with an inadequate water system and a major bank, owed its creation primarily to the ingenuity of Aaron Burr, who at the time the charter was...
15323Introductory Note: From George Washington, [14 July 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
This letter contains the first mention in Hamilton’s extant correspondence of the question of who was to serve directly under Washington in his capacity as “Commander in Chief of all the armies raised, or to be raised, in the United States.” When Washington wrote this letter, he assumed that Congress would pass “An Act to augment the Army of the United States, and for other purposes,” which...
15324Enclosure: [Account with Le Guen], April 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
April 1800. Compte a Monrs Burr Pour Onoraire jusqua Ce jour $2500. Plus fait Compte de Son ordre a Mr. Green 250. Compte D’Interet Sur Dollars 11200 ce que jai avancée En trois Sommes differentes et divers Epoques depuis Le Mois de Juillet et Aout 1798 au 15 avril 1799 Pour 8 mois a raison de 7⅌% 522.66/100 Interet d’un An Sur Cette de 13200 dollars 924. Dollars...
15325Receipt to the Trustees of the American Iron Company, 30 May 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, May 30, 1799. “I have receiv’d a deed from Peter Goelet & other Trustees of the American Iron Company. I certify that the fourth or last installment of the Purchase money with Interest remains to be paid, which will pay on demand. New York, May 30, 1799. Alexr Hambleton.” Receipt not found. ] This receipt is quoted in, and has been taken from, Goelet to Robert Troup, August 19,...
15326Introductory Note: To Rufus King [13 August 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
This letter marks Hamilton’s initial involvement in a protracted and acrimonious dispute between Rufus King and John Jay on the one hand and Edmond C. Genet on the other. Briefly stated, the controversy centered on whether Genet on July 6, 1793, at the height of the crisis over the sailing of the Little Sarah , had or had not told Alexander J. Dallas that “he would appeal from the President to...
15327Enclosure: Schedule A, [9 January 1790] (Hamilton Papers)
SCHEDULE A Supposititious Statement of Accounts Between the United States and Individual States. States. Ratio. Balances due to the states respectively. Proportion of each state of the aggregate of those balances according to the ratio. Balances against certain states. Balances in favor of certain states. Proportion of each state in the aggregate of the balances against certain states....
15328Introductory Note: From Philip Schuyler, [31 August 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
The opening paragraph of this letter contains the first reference in Hamilton’s extant correspondence to a series of business transactions in which he was to be involved for several years as the representative of Schuyler and certain other New Yorkers. When Schuyler wrote this letter, he believed that he, Barent Bleecker, Edward Goold, and William Greene had a claim to a portion of Cosby Manor...
15329Treasury Department Circular to the Commissioners of Loans, 8 April 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, April 8, 1791. On May 3, 1791, Nathaniel Appleton wrote to Hamilton : “Your circular Letter 8th April is received.” Circular not found. ]
15330Introductory Note: To Thomas Jefferson, [20–27 May 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
On March 5, 1792, George Hammond, the British Minister to the United States, submitted to Jefferson a detailed account of the failure of the United States to abide by the provisions of the treaty of peace of 1783. On May 29, Jefferson wrote an extensively documented reply to Hammond’s charges. Jefferson had completed the draft of his letter to Hammond by May 15, 1792, but he delayed sending it...