Alexander Hamilton

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Information on Lieutenant Armstrong
03/08/1790 Autograph Letter Signed
Agreeable to Hamilton's request, Howell informs him that Lt. Samuel Armstrong, Paymaster to the 8th Massachusetts Regiment, received the monies for the four months pay of the Regiment in the month of …
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Documents relating to claims against the late Quarter Master's Department
12/07/1790 Printed Document
Anspach says that he has been too ill to attend to any business. Will collect documents relating to claims against the late Quarter Master's Department.
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Directions Regarding Monies for Payment of Invalids
05/24/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Received directions regarding monies for payment of invalids and the drafts that may be drawn. Also received directions regarding seizures: a due account of which will be forwarded.
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Concerning pensions and settlements
03/22/1790 Autograph Letter Signed
The Commissioner of Army Accounts writes Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton concerning pensions and settlements, offering information from the books of the office.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
An Estimate of the Expense of Troops for an Expedition Against the Wabash
08/23/1790 Document Signed
Itemized list of expenses at contractors prices.
First Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War [1A-D2] (RG 233) {Reference Microfilm}
Additional Estimate of Monies Required For The Services Of The Present Year.
08/06/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Requested sums include payment of civil and military establishment; judicial department; Government of Territory of United States South of Ohio; Department of War; Frederick William Steuben; Quarter …
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Accounts of Capt. John Wiley
04/23/1790 Autograph Draft Letter
Agreeable to Hamilton's request, Howell has examined the office records and finds that the accounts of Capt. John Wiley and his officers for recruiting has been settled; discusses bounties.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Account of registers
09/29/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Transmits account of registers respecting Army accounts and accounts of Five great departments. Has employed bookbinders to prepare necessary books.
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Account of payments to invalid veterans
05/10/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Whipple, Collector of Customs at Portsmouth New Hampshire, states that New Hampshire has paid several of those invalids from 31 July 1789 but that additional money is requisite to discharge the first …
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[Untitled]
03/03/1790 Printed transcription/modern copy of Document
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Specie Claims
01/24/1791 Letter fragment
Anspach announces that he is making his first return, enclosed for the inspection of the Auditor, based on several specie claims against the Quartermaster General's department.
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Smith & Shepherd's Contract for Clothing
05/24/1791 Copy of document
Smith & Shepherd have completed their contact for the clothing for the levies and Mr. Hodgdon has receipted to them for same. Some of the articles were not equal to the pattern and others were …
Settled Miscellaneous Treasury Accounts, Sept. 7, 1790 - Sept 29, 1894. (RG217) (M235)
Settling the Accounts of the Pennsylvania Line
01/18/1791 Printed transcription/modern copy of Document
Governor Mifflin has directed his Comptroller General to develop a statement of the sums paid to Pennsylvania by the Agents responsible for settling the accounts of the Pennsylvania line.
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Request for funds to pay troops
02/08/1791 Document Signed
Howell needed money and asked for $5000 for arrearages of pay due troops.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Purchase of a Tract of Land
05/05/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Governor Mifflin, on behalf of his State of Pennsylvania, agrees to purchase a tract of land belonging to the United States for the price of three-fourths of a dollar per acre.
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Prospects of Continuation in Office, Etc.
01/04/1791 Autograph Letter Signed
Along with an assessment of Congressional matters, Livingston asks about his prospects of continuing in the office of Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Promoting the Peace of the Frontiers
10/02/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Beckwith, a British officer, sends Hamilton a copy of a letter from Lord Dorchester to the western Indians in which he allegedly refused to support the Indians in a war against the United States but …
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My Independence & Happiness Depend on Congress
07/26/1791 Autograph Letter Signed
Mrs. Greene asks for Hamilton's assistance as she petitions Congress for reimbursement of the personal funds spent by her husband in payment for supplies needed by the army during the War for …
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Letter Citation
10/27/1791 Cited letter or document
Cited in Hamilton to Washington, 08/05/1794.
Citations
Instructions on Sale of Tracts of Land
05/25/1791 Autograph Letter Signed
Developments on the sale of land, contracting, etc.
Arthur St. Clair Letters
Estimated Costs for Campaign Against the Indians
03/30/1791 Contemporary Copy of Letter
Estimate of the money required by the Quarter Master Department before July 1, 1791, in order to make the necessary preparations for an upcoming campaign against Indians
Northwest Territory Collection, M367
Enclosed Duplicates of Correspondence on Land Purchase
07/21/1791 Autograph Letter Signed
Originals on boat attacked by Indians, duplicates now enclosed. Judge purchased public lands, continues to sell them despite the Proclamation issued by Congress regarding boundary line between U.S. …
Arthur St. Clair Letters
Contract to Supply the Garrison at West Point
12/23/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Smith wrote to Knox to determine how West Point was being supplied. He has forwarded supplies to West Point in anticipation of securing a contract. He offers the price of nine and half cents per …
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Advance of Salary for Winthrop Sargent
01/29/1791 Letter Signed
Please pay to Joseph Howell, acting Paymaster General, five hundred dollars received of him in pursuance of directions from the Secretary of War, being an advance on account of Sargent's salary as …
Settled Miscellaneous Treasury Accounts, Sept. 7, 1790 - Sept 29, 1894. (RG217) (M235)
Survey of the Ohio & the Miami Purchases
05/05/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Surveyor Israel Ludlow describes for Hamilton the travails of his attempts to survey the Ohio and Miami Companies and the danger and suffering that were involved.
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