Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 8 December 1791

From Jeremiah Olney1

Providence, December 8, 1791. “… Having recd. a Letter from the Master of the Cutter Argus, informing me, that the Schooner Alice was at Anchor about Four Miles from Rhode-Island LightHouse when his Mate boarded her, I have this day requested the District Attorney2 to commence a Prosecution against Captain Andrus.”

ADfS, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.

1. For background to this letter, see Olney to H, October 31, November 24, 1791; H to Olney, November 11, 1791.

2. William Channing.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 8 December 1791
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    Olney, Jeremiah
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    8 December 1791

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 8 December 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-10-02-0012. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 10, December 1791 – January 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1966, pp. 352–353.]

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