1From Alexander Hamilton to Otho H. Williams, 28 March 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
An uncommon press of business has prevented my thanking you sooner for your private letter of the . Your ideas of the manner of conducting a certain business have a remarkable correspondency with my own. I think one might venture to ensure success, humanly speaking, on such a plan, and every other will be precarious and critical. I flatter myself the general principles of it will govern future...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Otho H. Williams, 29 March 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the 22d instant, and am extremely sorry to perceive the difficulties you mention. It is not in my power to authorise your dispensing with the execution of the laws, as explained by your standing instructions from the Treasury; but as I have always a desire to give every convenient and prudent facility to commerce, I have made an eventual engagement to the Bank of...
3From Alexander Hamilton to Otho H. Williams, 5 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I have before me your letters of the 18th of March, 18th of April, 8th & 27th of May. I do not observe that it is stated how the Officers who were absent came to be so; so that I am at some loss to judge whether the absence was justifiable or not. I am however rather of opinion that their compensations follow their commissions, as public Officers , and that so long as they are retained in...
4From Alexander Hamilton to Otho H. Williams, 8 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
In answer to your letter of the 4th instant, concerning the Cutter, Active, I refer you to mine of the 5th. With regard to the addition of 10 ⅌ Ct to be made to the several rates of duties, in respect to all goods, Wares and Merchandizes imported in Ships or Vessels not of the United States, agreeably to the 2d Section of the Act “making further provision for the payment of the debt &ca,” I am...
5From Alexander Hamilton to Otho H. Williams, 9 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I feel myself not a little a delinquent in regard to a certain paper you forwarded it to me. I will now explain the reasons of its non appearance. Though I thought it a merited & a very good reproof on certain folks as well as calculated to throw useful light on transactions interesting to the fame of our deceased friend—as the business depending was taking a favourable turn when I received...
6From Alexander Hamilton to Otho H. Williams, 18 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I have this day decided upon the two cases of Zacharie Coopman and Company, on behalf of Mr. Nichols, and of John Stump. In both I have remitted the interest of all parties, Upon the petitioner’s paying for all actual and necessary disbursements. Duplicates of my decision go, by the mail of this day, to the Clerk of the District Court, at Baltimore. I am, Sir, with consideration, Your Obedt...
7From Alexander Hamilton to Otho H. Williams, 18 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
The Commissioner of the Revenue has laid before me copies of three letters, one of the 3rd. of May from you to the Surveyor of Baltimore, another of the 9th of May from him to you, and a third of the 7th of June from him, in capacity of Inspector of the Revenue for the port of Baltimore, to the Supervisor, communicating the correspondence between you and him and stating certain embarrassments...