From Alexander Hamilton to Jean Baptiste de Ternant, 26 June 1792

To Jean Baptiste de Ternant

Treasury Department June 26. 1792

Sir

In answer to your letter of this date, it is only necessary for me to say that it is perfectly agreeable to this Government, that the principle of liquidation, to which you refer should receive its application in France, and that the accounts for supplies and advances of money should be there definitively fixed. I am authorised by The President to say that instructions will accordingly be sent to our Minister at your Court.

I have the honor to be With real respect & esteem Sir Your obedient servant

Alexander Hamilton

The Minister Plenipotentiary of France

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Title: From Alexander Hamilton to Jean Baptiste de Ternant, 26 June 1792
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Ternant, Jean Baptiste de
Date: 26 June 1792

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Cite as: “From Alexander Hamilton to Jean Baptiste de Ternant, 26 June 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-11-02-0492. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 11, February 1792 – June 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1966, p. 578.]

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