From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Pearsall, 20 May [1784]
To Thomas Pearsall1
[New York] May 20 [1784]. Apologizes for “a too sudden opinion … relating to confiscated property.” Sends new opinion.2
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1. Pearsall was a partner in the firm of merchants in New York City known as Thomas Pearsall and Son.
2. For the text of H’s opinion and a discussion of Pearsall’s case, see , I, 251–53.