Alexander Hamilton Autograph Letter Signed as Treasury Secretary, Advancing Payment for a Government Clothing Contract ALS signed as Secretary of the Treasury, "Alexander Hamilton," one page, 7.5 x 9.75, February 8, 1793. Handwritten letter to "The President, Directors & Company of the Bank of the United States," in part: "I have to request that you will make a further advance of Five Thousand Dollars to Messrs. Young & D...on account of their clothing contract with the public." In very good to fine condition, with old repairs to the intersecting folds, and trivial paper loss affecting the date at the top. A highly sought-after letter penned by the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.

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