171To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 25 April 1793 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor to submit to the President of the U. States, two communications from the Comissioner of the Revenue; one enclosing a Contract entered into by the Superintendant of the Delaware Lighthouse with Matthew Van Dusen, for a mooring chain for one of the floating beacons in the Delaware bay. the other transmitting an offer of Samuel Wheeler concerning two...
172To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 27 April 1793 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury presents his respects to the President. The enclosed Letter just received from the Collector of Charleston contains information & raises a question, which are proper for the eye of the President. LB , DLC:GW . Isaac Holmes’s letter to Hamilton of 16 April has not been identified. GW’s executive journal states that Hamilton delivered Holmes’s letter to the...
173To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 2 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury presents his respects to the President & encloses for his consideration a letter from the Commissioner of the Revenue on the subject of a Keeper of the Lt House for Cape Henlopen. LB , DLC:GW . The letter from Tench Coxe to Hamilton has not been identified. According to GW’s executive journal, Coxe’s letter reported that Lemuel Cornick, the lighthouse keeper at...
174To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 2 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor to enclose for the information of the President a Letter of the 26th of Feby from our Bankers at Amsterdam which came to hand yesterday. LB , DLC:GW . In a letter to Hamilton of 26 Feb. 1793, the Dutch banking firm of Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard declined issuing a new loan to the United States, due to the recent French invasion of the...
175To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton and Henry Knox, 2 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
A conformity of opinion, and upon the same grounds, enables us to submit to you a joint Answer to the third of the Questions, which you were pleased to propose on the 19th of April to the Heads of Departments and the Attorney General. We have concluded that this mode would be more agreeable to you than a repetition of the same ideas and arguments in seperate answers. With perfect respect & the...
176To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 4 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury presents his respects to the President. It has appeared to him that a circular letter of the enclosed form to the several Collectors would be a measure of utility. If not disapproved by the President it will be forwarded. The enclosed paper is sent lest the President should not have received it otherwise. It contains intelligence critically important, tho’...
177To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 4 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury respectfully communicates to The President of the United States a letter of the 28th of April received yesterday from the Commissioner of the Revenue. In the early part of the ensuing week he will have the honor of waiting upon the President to submit his ideas on the several points raised, & take the President’s orders thereupon. LB , DLC:GW . The letter from...
178To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 8 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor to submit to the consideration of the President of the U. States a communication from the Commissioner of the Revenue of the 6th instant —respecting a contract provisionally entered into with Moses M. Hayes for a further supply of Oil for the Light Houses. It is respectfully conceived that the arrangement is in every view eligible. LB , DLC:GW ....
179To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 8 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor to lay before the President sundry papers relating to Ephraim Kirby, which is done merely on the score of propriety, as it is not perceived that any special provision in the case, can be consistently made. LB , DLC:GW . Ephraim Kirby (1757–1804) of Litchfield, Conn., was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. A lawyer, judge, and legal scholar, Kirby...
180To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 14 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury presents his respects to the President & sends for his information & direction two letters, one from the Collector of Oxford, the other from mister Murray member from Maryland. The Secretary, if not directed otherwise, will by the post of tomorrow, desire the Collector to detain the prize until further order; lest not receiving early instruction he may surrender...