Alexander Hamilton

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Right Wing is Fully In Measure with the Left
10/29/1794 Contemporary Copy of Letter
Hamilton reports on the progress of the expedition to confront the insurgents in western Pennsylvania. [Whiskey Rebellion]
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Return of articles forwarded to State militia
09/25/1794 Printed Document
Letter to the Supervisor of New York, requesting that he furnish a complete return of all the articles that he will by that time have forwarded for the State militia. Requests "substantial accuracy."
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Requests Appointment of Conductors for Stores for Winchester
08/27/1794 Autograph Draft Letter
Hodgdon is directed to appoint Conductors of Stores who will take orders from Colonel Carrington or whoever is agent at Winchester. Hamilton wants the names of these Conductors transmitted to him.
Oliver Wolcott Jr. Papers.
Requesting that Samuel Owner Remain Building Ship Models
09/18/1794 Autograph Letter Signed
Samuel Owner is a mechanic due to be shipped out on the Western expedition. However, he is currently being employed building ship models of Frigates to be sent to the contractors who are responsible …
Andre DeCoppet Collection, C0063.
Request to purchase horses
08/25/1794 Printed Document
Secretary Hamilton writes the Commissary of Military Stores, requesting that he purchase horses for the use of the Quarter Masters Department.
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Request for military stores
09/10/1794 Printed Document
Secretary Hamilton writes the Supervisor of Military Stores, requesting that he immediately forward to Winchester, Virginia 75 pairs of horsemen's pistols, 150 swords with belts, 200 valices; and then …
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Request for Answer
04/24/1794 Autograph Letter Signed
Request for answer to question on enclosed paper to be returned with document.
Arthur G. Mitten Collection
Report on the Petition of John Edgar
02/27/1794 Printed Document
The Secretary of Treasury reports on the petition of John Edgar of Kaskaskias to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Edgar claims to have given gifts to various Indian tribes in Illinois …
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Report on the Petition of George Fechem
02/27/1794 Printed Document
The Secretary of Treasury reports on the petition of George Fechem of Massachusetts to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The object of the petition is the settlement of three different …
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Report on Sums for Which a Further Appropriation Is Requisite.
06/02/1794 Printed transcription/modern copy of Document
A report on sums for which a further appropriation Is requisite.
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Report from the Camp Near Cherry's Mill
10/31/1794 Contemporary Copy of Letter
Hamilton reports on the progress of the expedition to confront the insurgency in western Pennsylvania. Delegates from the four western counties have been appointed to confer with President Washington.
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Regarding the Whiskey Rebellion
08/16/1794 Printed Document
Secretary Hamilton tells the President that it appears probable that advantages will result from giving to the citizens information on the subject of the disturbances on the western frontier of …
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Rectifying a deficiency in the amount of equipment issued to the militia
09/30/1794 Autograph Letter Signed
Hamilton is notifying Hodgdon that the militia at Fort Cumberland and Carlyle are lacking sufficient items such as knapsacks, shoes, blankets, and musket balls. He is requesting that enough of these …
Andre DeCoppet Collection, C0063.
Receipts and Expenditures since 1789
03/18/1794 Printed Document
Report by the Treasury Secretary on the receipts and expenditures of the United States from 1789 to the end of the year 1793.
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Raising infantry against Whiskey Rebellion
10/30/1794 Printed Document
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the U.S. Senator from New York, Rufus King, Federalist. States that "it is of great consequence" that a law be passed in Congress raising 500 infantry and …
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Quartermasters Stores
10/11/1794 Printed Document
Writes that there are in the store under the care of Captain James Gamble and Richard Parker, sundry Quarter Master's articles as camp kettles, knapsacks, and canteens, which he will take under his …
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Quality of sail cloth
06/30/1794 Printed Document
Secretary Hamilton asks Brigadier General Otho Williams what experience has decided in regard to the quality of the sail cloth which has been used for the cutter under Williams' direction.
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Purchasing land for fortifications
12/17/1794 Printed Document
Secretary Hamilton informs Secretary Knox that no general Instructions have gone from the Treasury to the Collectors relative to the purchase of the lands on which fortifications might be erected. …
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Purchase of Land for Fortifications
08/27/1794 Letter Signed
The Secretary of the Treasury informs the Governor of Virginia that a maximum amount of one thousand dollars of federal money is authorized for the purchase of land for fortifications. The money will …
Oliver Wolcott Jr. Papers.
Punishing the Whiskey Rebels.
09/24/1794 Printed Document
Secretary Hamilton informs Governor Lee of Maryland of the disappearance of the Whiskey Rebellion in that state. Writes that President Washington saw with great satisfaction the "excellent …
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Provisioning the Westward Expedition Against the Insurgents
09/12/1794 Autograph Draft Letter Signed
The agent at Trenton and the Contractors at Philadelphia, Reading, and Lancaster will supply most of the provisions needed to get to Carlisle.For the route westward it should be ascertained whether …
Oliver Wolcott Jr. Papers.
Protecting a Spanish commissioner
09/11/1794 Printed Document
Secretary Hamilton writes Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State, stating that Josef de Jaudenes, Spanish commissioner to the United States, must be protected as all foreign ministers are.
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Prohibiting the Exportation of Arms and Ammunition
05/28/1794 Printed Document Signed
(CIRCULAR) Notification of a temporary ban on the exportation of arms and ammunition. Enclosed is a translation of a Decree of the National Convention altering the national flag of France.
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Procuring of military supplies
12/02/1794 Printed Document
Secretary Hamilton discusses the procuring of military supplies, which is currently under the power of the Treasury Department. Hamilton cites the extensive supplies for the Navy, along with the …
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Preparations of the Militia Responding to the Whiskey Rebellion
08/27/1794 Autograph Draft Letter
In preparation to meet the Whiskey Rebellion, the Governor will be calling up a state militia and has agreed that arms and accoutrements will be supplied by the State.There are calls for agents, …
Oliver Wolcott Jr. Papers.