Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Note of payment]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04373 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1 October 1789-5 October 1789 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25.8 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy
Note to the cashier of a bank to "Pay to the honorable Alexander Hamilton or order, two thousand five hundred dollars, being for public service, and which for the present is to be considered as part of the twenty thousand dollars agreed to be loaned by the bank in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 20th of August 1789." All text has been struck. Includes two notes on the verso. First note signed Alexander Hamilton 1 October, stating that the amount mentioned should be paid to Samuel Osgood "on account of expenditures incurred for the accommodation of the President of the United States pursuant to a resolution of the house of Representatives." Second note signed and countersigned, respectively, Samuel Osgood and William Duer on the same date, stating that the money should be paid to William Duer.
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