1From Alexander Hamilton to Arnold Welles, 11 June 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
It is just reported to me that, among the means of paying the troops which have been transmitted to this place, there is a Treasury draft on the Collector of Portsmouth for five thousand dollars. Without this sum the troops can not be put in possession of their dues, and a recourse to the Collector would be attended with considerable delay. It would therefore be necessary to keep an entire...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Arnold Welles, 11 June 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
We are making arrangements for paying off the troops previously to their disbandment. This event is near at hand, and it is important that the men should receive their dues before they return to their homes. We have on hand a number of large bills which it is necessary to have exchanged at Boston, and shall be much obliged to you as our time presses if you will facilitate and expedite the...