Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the New York Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the United States, 14 December 1792

To the President and Directors of the
New York Office of Discount and Deposit
of the Bank of the United States1

Treasury Department Decr 14th 1792

Gentlemen

I have to request that you will pay to Jonathan Burrall Esquire, Cashier of your institution the sum of fifty thousand Dollars,2 to be by him invested in the funded debt, on account of the united States.

After the object shall have been effected, the sum will be adjusted by a regular warrant.

I have the honor to be   Gentlemen   Your obedt Servt

Alexander Hamilton

The President & Directors
of the Office of Discount & Deposit
New York

LS, from the original in the New York State Library, Albany.

1. Philip Livingston was president of the Office of Discount and Deposit in New York.

2. See H to Burrall, December 14, 1792.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the New York Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the United States, 14 December 1792
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    President and Directors of the New York Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the United States
    Date
    14 December 1792

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the New York Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the United States, 14 December 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-13-02-0157. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 13, November 1792 – February 1793, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967, pp. 324–325.]

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