Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Henry Marchant, 14 September 1791

From Henry Marchant

Newport Rhode Island
Sepr. 14th. 1791.

Sir,

I have the Honor to transmit You the Petition of Peleg Saunders upon the mitigating Act; and the Proceedings thereon.1 I feel myself much obliged by Your very polite Letter of the 30th of June;2 The interesting Concern You are pleased to take in the Situation of Officers of Government residing at a distance; and the flattering Hopes We have reason to entertain of a Speedy Relief in the mode of Payment of their Salaries. With all possible Esteem I am,

Sir,   Your most obedient and very humble Servt.

Henry Marchant.

Alexander Hamilton Esq.
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
Philadelphia.

ALS, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia.

1. See Marchant to H, September 14, 1791 (PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett, ed., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (New York and London, 1961– ). description ends , IX, 205–06).

2. Letter not found.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Henry Marchant, 14 September 1791
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    Marchant, Henry
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    14 September 1791

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Henry Marchant, 14 September 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0002-0305. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 26, 1 May 1802 – 23 October 1804, Additional Documents 1774–1799, Addenda and Errata, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1979, p. 625.]

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