Sir:
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th of August, the contents of which shall be executed.
I have just received by the post accounts of the specific supplies furnished by the State; copies of which I shall prepare to be transmitted to you by the next post, as I am to return the originals, which are for the inspection of the Legislature. I hope to add to these accounts of the moneys supplied.
I have written to you a number of letters since my journey to Poughkeepsie, of which, as they contain some things of a confidential nature, I am not without anxiety to learn the safe arrival.
I should also have been happy to have received your instructions against the meeting of the Committee, which is to take place to-morrow. As they will have other business, if I hear from you by the next post, I shall not be too late. I am at a loss to know whether I ought to press the establishment of permanent funds or not; though unless I receive your instructions, following my own apprehensions of what are probably your views, I shall dwell on this article.
I have the honor to be,
With perfect respect,
Sir, your most ob’t serv’t,
A. Hamilton.
I inclose you a copy of a letter of the Governor, of the 2d inst., from which you will see his hopes. Mine are not so good. In this vicinity, always delinquent, little is doing.
HAMILTON TO ROBERT MORRIS.
Albany, Sept. 21, 1782.
Sir: