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The Works of Alexander Hamilton Constitutional Edition

JB00383

to the Secretary of War

Inspector General of the army close accounts near the end of the Quasi War.

GLC08343

to unknown re: protecting independent judiciary, trial of judges; attacking Aaron Burr

"It is an axiom with me that he will be the most dangerous chief that Jacobism can have."

GLC06019

to James Duane

Hamilton, aide-de-camp to Washington, expresses his disgust with General Horatio Gates' disastrous defeat and consequent flight from the Battle of Camden, South Carolina on 16 August 1780. Gates retired in disgrace after Camden, but was cleared two...

GLC06671

to Henry Knox re: Ordinance Department

Preparing for meeting between Washington and Knox. Three collateral engravings of Hamilton with letter.

GLC07167

Two items: Hamilton LS and John Hay DS (passport) [decimalized]

Written at the Treasury Department

GLC00473

Treasury Department circular

Printed circular docketed "No. 78." Explains the various responsibilities and duties of Customs Officers with regards to collection of revenue, port duties, jurisdiction, and uniformity of practices.

GLC00496.029

[Collection of 2 letters from Alexander Hamilton regarding the military] [Decimalized .01- .02]

GLC00496.030

to Harrison Gray Otis

Reply to Massachusetts Congressman Otis' letter dated December 20, 1798 regarding his thoughts on the organization of the United States Army. Enclosed was a copy of a letter on this subject (GLC00496.030.02) which Hamilton wrote to James Gunn during...

GLC00496.030.01

to James Gunn

Transcribed excerpt of letter to Senator James Gunn written during the Quasi-War with France. Discusses military tactics and provisions. Enclosed with a December 27, 1798 letter (GLC00496.030.01) from Hamilton to Massachusetts Congressman Harrison...

GLC00496.030.02

A Letter from Phocion, to the considerate citizens of New York

Evans 18515. Urging toleration for Tories and a united foreign policy, as the states had started infringing upon the Treaty of Paris with anti-Tory measures. Rebound in 20th C. cloth.

GLC00569

The Secretary of the Treasury [...], relatively to [...] a Mint

A-E2 F2(-F2) ($1 signed). Regarding establishment of a Mint. Submitted by Hamilton as Secretary of Treasury as an appendix to his report on the Public Credit. Evans 23920.

GLC01036

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the subject of the Public Debt.

A-D2 ($1 signed). Submitted by Hamilton as Secretary of Treasury. With his name misspelled "Alexarder" on p.15. Evans 24926

GLC01037

Communications from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the House ....

A-Q2 R2 ($1 signed). Evans 26343, Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana 246. Submitted by Hamilton as Secretary of Treasury. With foldout "General Statement of the Appropriations" for 1792

GLC01038

The Secretary of Treasury respectfully reports.... [state debts report]

An appendix to Hamilton's Public Credit report on state debts. Proposes raising customs duties. Evans 23003, Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana 165

GLC01041

Report on public credit. Appendix Treasury Department, March 4, 1790

Written by Hamilton as an appendix to his Public Credit report and issued six weeks later. He recommended raising duties on imported liquor and enacting an excise tax on domestic Whiskey. (This tax eventually led to the Whiskey Rebellion).

GLC01044

to James Wilkinson re: summoning Wilkinson to Washington

"I begin now to be anxious to learn that you had received my letter desiring you to repair to the Seat of Government...that...a general plan for the arrangement of the affairs of the Western Army, with an eye to the existing posture of our political...

GLC07656

to Nathaniel Appleton re: attachment of stocks in the loan office

Addressed to Appleton as Commissioner of Loans, Boston.

GLC07794

to Elizabeth Schuyler

Hamilton begins a dramatic love letter to his fiancée with, " I have told you, and I told you truly that I love you too much . . . I meet you in every dream. . . I am to be thus monopolized by a little nut brown maid like you and from a Statesman and...

GLC00773

to George Clinton

Hamilton writes to Clinton in Poughkeepsie, New York to inform him that he wants to return to private occupations and will resign his office as a New York member of the Continental Congress within ten days.

GLC00812

[Receipt for a $50 donation]

Receipt for a donation to the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures.

GLC00945.01

Report... relative to... the support of the public credit...

Folio. Evans 22998 (2298?). Authored by Hamilton, called by DAB "one of his greatest state papers." First printing. Bookplate of Jolen [Johanne] White and ownership signature of William Henderson, a New York Federalist, manufacturer and friend of...

GLC00960

to John Chaloner

Informs Chaloner that he has drawn on him "in favor of Messrs. H. Solomon and J. Mordecai for one thousand pounds on account of Mr. Church."

GLC00154.06

to John Jay

Hamilton writes that he meant to send this letter by the last post but missed it. Informs that a proclamation has been issued to dissolve the old assembly to elect a new one. Reports that the Tories are saying they will dominate the election but he...

GLC00007

to Francois Marquis de Barbe-Marbois

To Marbois, the secretary of the French Ambassador, who later served as Intendent of Santo Domingo and minister of finance under Napoleon, under whom he sold Louisiana to the U.S. Hamilton concludes his letter by agreeing with Marbois about America's...

GLC00012