Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Wadsworth, 31 May 1795

From Jeremiah Wadsworth

Hartford May 31. 1795

Dear Sir

Your favor of the 27 April1 came duly to hand but I could not procure the enclosed paper untill Yesterday. The amount is in pounds Lawfull Money Dollars at Six Shillings or three & one third to ye Pound. Your favor of the 26th instant I have but the paper refered to ⟨has⟩ not yet reached me. If it ever should it shall be disposed of as you wish.2

Yours sincerly

Jerh Wadsworth

ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Letter not found.

2. H endorsed this letter “State Debt Connecticut.” H wished this material for his “Defence of the Funding System,” July, 1795.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Wadsworth, 31 May 1795
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    Wadsworth, Jeremiah
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    31 May 1795

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Wadsworth, 31 May 1795,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-18-02-0242. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 18, January 1795 – July 1795, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1973, p. 355.]

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