From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, 4 February 1792
To Jeremiah Olney1
Treasury Department, February 4, 1792. “I request that You will advance to the Supervisor of the District of Rhode Island2 the Sum of Two hundred Dollars, to be repaid to You by the said Supervisor, as soon as he shall be in cash.…”
LS, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; copy, RG 56, Letters to the Collector at Providence, National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to Collectors at Small Ports, “Set G,” National Archives.
1. Olney was collector of customs at Providence, Rhode Island.
2. John S. Dexter.