Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas FitzSimons, 13 August 1793

From Thomas FitzSimons1

August 13, 1793. “I am informed (by a letter Just now received) of the death of Mr Ballard Surveyor of Baltimore,2 and am strongly Urged by some Respectable people there to apply for your Interest for a Mr Robert Walsh of that Place as his Successor …”

ALS, RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters, 1790–1799, National Archives.

1. FitzSimons was a Federalist member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

2. Robert Ballard.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas FitzSimons, 13 August 1793
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    FitzSimons, Thomas
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    13 August 1793

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas FitzSimons, 13 August 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-15-02-0171. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 15, June 1793 – January 1794, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1969, p. 232.]

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