Cost and Construction, Errors
Document 1795"This letter is essentially the same as that which Hamilton wrote to Edmund Randolph on the same date." [letter to Randolph is cataloged here] Enclosed letters from Hamilton to Collector of Charlestown and another from the comptroller to the Collector on the subject of construction and arming of vessels. Fears "much mischief has ensued from this construction" which will end up costing the United States. Believed W. Moultrie participated in error that makes it necessary to send a Circular.
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Printed Document
Description
"This letter is essentially the same as that which Hamilton wrote to Edmund Randolph on the same date." [letter to Randolph is cataloged here]
Enclosed letters from Hamilton to Collector of Charlestown and another from the comptroller to the Collector on the subject of construction and arming of vessels. Fears "much mischief has ensued from this construction" which will end up costing the United States. Believed W. Moultrie participated in error that makes it necessary to send a Circular.
Date
01/02/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Treasury Department
Collection
Document number
1795010240000
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
Alexander Hamilton
Edmund Randolph
collector
comptroller
President
district attorney
Secretary of State
Secretary of War
William Moultrie
Notable locations
Treasury Department
Westward
Charlestown
Charleston
South Carolina
Notable items
vessels
cost
expense
letter
circular