Alexander Hamilton

2308 documents

Inquiry into Claims
08/02/1792 Typed Document
Details on filing claims and approval process. Requests the Attorney General's opinion on Secretary of War's claims to reimbursement.
Printed Versions
Hats for the War Department
04/24/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
A contract between Hamilton and the hatters Peter Nagle and Philip Zieber in which the hatters agree to deliver 4,608 hats to the War Department. (See transcript)
Printed Versions
Expenses and Responsibility of Leased Horses
08/31/1792 Printed Document
Cost of horses killed during Gen. Harmar's expedition should not be admitted based on previous cases heard in court of law. Debates law and responsibility of losses.
Printed Versions
Expenditures for the Civil List for the Year 1793.
11/14/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Report on Estimates of the Expenditures for the Civil List of the United States for the Year 1793.
Printed Versions
Contractor Offer
08/10/1792 Typed Document
Official offer to be contractor for rations of U.S. military. Compensation of $800.00 per annum.
Printed Versions
Contractor Obligations
08/30/1792 Printed Document
Notification that T. Fowler, contractor, agreed to supply army with provisions. Copies of agreement and bond enclosed. Contract states W. Duer is Fowler's attorney. Requests Harison's opinion on …
Printed Versions
Contract with George Dannacker and William Young
10/22/1792 Printed Document
Notification that, "'A contract for several articles of Clothing specified' for United States troops for the year 1793 was concluded on this date.
Printed Versions
Contract for Supplying War Department with Clothing for the Army
10/22/1792 Copy of Signed Document
Copy of contract between Alexander Hamilton and William Young and George Dannacker, contractors, for supplying clothing to War Department for the Army. Describes procedures for inspection of quality. …
Rawle Papers, 3 Official Correspondence, Attorney for U.S. District of P.A., 1791-1800.
Charges to Accounts
08/07/1792 Typed Document
Notification that an adjustment was made to contractors accounts for charges relative to boxes shoes were shipped in.
Printed Versions
Arms Sold to South Carolina
12/18/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Hamilton explains the process for obtaining the monies received for the arms sold to South Carolina.
Printed Versions
Agent to Canada
12/29/1792 Copy of Signed Document
Secretary Hamilton writes that supplies are to be procured through upper Canada. Agent to be sent to negotiate contracts for supplies for the purpose of obtaining a treaty with the government. …
Archive Reports 1891
Advances on Supplies
08/06/1792 Typed Document
Protocol on advances given by the Quartermaster's Department. Treasury must be notified of all transactions. Orders to employ a deputy who is already a government employee.
Printed Versions
Advances for supplies in the Quartermaster Department
08/06/1792 Letterbook
Advances for supplies in the Quarter Master Department are to be made after first of next month by warrant from the Treasury.
James O'Hara Papers, BV 1804-1807.
Act of Session Regarding Supply of Provisions
08/10/1792 Typed Document
Assurances that Treasury will supply all necessary items for the army. Details on new system of dispersal, documentation, payment; and reimbursement.
Printed Versions
$35,000 for the Quartermaster General
10/29/1792 Copy of Signed Document
Enclosed is a warrant for $35,000 for the use of the Quartermaster General's department. Hamilton requests that it be received in bank post notes which for greater security should be made out in the …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
"Ordering the Original Survey of Lands in the Ohio"
11/25/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
"The said tract shall extend from the mouth of the Miami to the mouth of the Little Miami and be founded by the river Ohio on the South...that the President reserves to the U.S. sucn lands at or near …
Printed Versions
We return to you the Paper with our certificate.
11/29/1793 Letter Signed
"Not withstanding the information on this morning respecting the insertion in Dunlap's Paper on Monday, certain reasons determine us rather to return to you the Paper with our certificate. You will …
Printed Versions
Treasury Department Circular to the Collectors of the Customs
08/04/1793 Letter Signed
In a Treasury Department Circular to the Collectors of Customs, Hamilton transmits a schedule of rules for said Collectors especially as they regard the treatment of vessels of belligerents in the war …
Printed Versions
Take the Lowest Offer
08/27/1793 Letter Signed
Hamilton instructs Henley, the new Agent for the territory southwest of the Ohio, on the methods by which he should advertise for and negotiate contracts for the supply of the troops in service.
Printed Versions
Supplying the Army with Whiskey
12/30/1793 Autograph Draft Letter
Hamilton discusses the plan to supply the Army with whiskey. The places of deposit will be Forts Washington and Steuben and the mouth of Wheeling from which the spirits will be delivered to the …
Oliver Wolcott Jr. Papers.
Supplies for the Recruits at Albany
12/26/1793 Letter Signed
Since there is to be a recruiting station at Albany, Hamilton asks his father-in-law Schuyler to engage a contractor to furnish supplies for the recruits. The number of provisions supplied will be …
Printed Versions
Supplementary Sums for the Services of the Year 1793
02/26/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Report on Supplementary Sums Necessary to Be Appropriated for the Services of the Year 1793
Printed Versions
Spirits for the Use of the Army
12/18/1793 Copy of document
Hamilton directs Coxe to purchase spirits for the use of the Army from the supplies lawfully distilled in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky.
Printed Versions
Salaries, Fees, and Emoluments of Persons Holding Civil Office
02/26/1793 Document Signed
Report on the Salaries, Fees, and Emoluments of Persons Holding Civil Office Under the United States
Printed Versions
Responsibilities to Discharge Accounts, Proper Paperwork
12/10/1793 Copy of Signed Document
Hamilton describes a plan to pay commissioned officers who wish to paid in Philadelphia. They should execute an instrument to be lodged with the Paymaster of the Army who will grant a certificate to …
Oliver Wolcott Jr. Papers.