From Alexander Hamilton to Melancton Smith, 18 December 1791

To Melancton Smith1

[Philadelphia, December 18, 1791. On December 23, 1791, Smith wrote to Hamilton: “I am favored with yours of the 18th Instant.” Letter not found.]

1. Smith was a New York City merchant who had a contract in partnership with Hendrick Wykoff with the United States Government for supplying West Point. He had been H’s principal opponent at the New York Ratifying Convention in 1788 and was among the first of the Antifederalists to vote for the Constitution.

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Title: From Alexander Hamilton to Melancton Smith, 18 December 1791
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Smith, Melancton
Date: 18 December 1791

Reference

Cite as: “From Alexander Hamilton to Melancton Smith, 18 December 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-10-02-0042. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 10, December 1791 – January 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1966, pp. 394–395.]

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