To Alexander Hamilton from Barent Bleecker, [12 September 1796]
From Barent Bleecker1
[New York, September 12, 1796. The description of this letter in the dealer’s catalogue reads: “Reminding him that the third installment for the lands in Cosby’s Manor would come due Oct. 4, and requesting payment.” Letter not found.]
The Collector: A Magazine for Autograph and Historical Collectors, LXVII, No. 1–2 (January-February, 1954), 7, Item e 44.
1. For an explanation of the contents of this letter, see the introductory note to Philip Schuyler to H, August 31, 1795 ( , XIX, 200–04). See also H to Phineas Bond, September 1, 1795 ( , XIX, 216); H to Robert Morris, September 1, 1795 ( , XIX, 216–17); H to Bleecker, March 20, 1796 ( , XX, 78–79).
Bleecker was an Albany merchant and land speculator.