[229]. Compare the date of the receipts on page 20 of Mr. Fox’s A Study in Hamilton with the date in the pamphlet (Lodge ed.), Vol. VI, p. 494.
[230]. Works of Hamilton (Lodge ed.), Vol. VIII, p. 268. Perhaps the remnant of an old account of Hamilton on the Treasury Books in 1797 refers to this petty holding. Ms. Treasury Department: Ledger E, Treasury, 3%, Vol. 44, folio 434.
[231]. J. A. Hamilton, Reminiscences, p. 18.
[232]. W. Maclay, Journal (1890 ed.), p. 188.
[233]. State Papers: Finance, Vol. I, p. 188.
[234]. Reminiscences of J. A. Hamilton, p. 18.
[235]. Ms. Treasury Department: N. Y. Loan Office, 1791, folio 24. See also the volume of N. Y. Loan Office Receipts in the Mss. Division of the Library of Congress for General Schuyler’s receipts for interest on securities. The intimate correspondence between Hamilton and General Schuyler during the period of the formation of the Constitution was destroyed by a son of one of the latter’s executors. American Historical Review, Vol. X, p. 181. See Tuckerman, Life of General Schuyler.
[236]. Ms. Treasury Department: N. Y. Office, Deferred 6%, 1790–1796, folio 325.
Philadelphia, Feby. 24th, 1790.