Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Cawood., 02/16/1786-02/16/1786

File — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: 77553

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Series 1 contains eleven (11) letters from Maryland tobacco merchant Alexander Hamilton to fellow Maryland tobacco merchant Robert Fergusson. Discussion of business matters, especially debts and payments. Sent from Piscataway, Maryland to Port Tobacco, Maryland. Also includes 1 letter from Hamilton to Benjamin Cawood. Letters date 1786-1794. Arranged chronologically.

Dates

02/16/1786-02/16/1786

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Shelf Location

09/07/03

Container Summary

1 Autograph Letter Signed (copy) dated 2/16/1786 from Alexander Hamilton, Maryland tobacco factor in Piscataway, Maryland, to Benjamin Cawood, regarding the debt Cawood owed John Glassford & Company and the debt Cawood owed Robert Fergusson. Hamilton warns that he may contact William Harison, under whom Cawood worked, about the debt. Other references to Thomas Smith, Peter Campbell & Company, John Smallwood, and Benjamin Smallwood. Sent from Piscataway, Maryland.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

HAMILTON, ALEXANDER - CORRESP. TO CAWOOD, BENJAMIN (1786): Autographed Letter

CAWOOD, BENJAMIN - CORRESP. FROM HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1786): Autographed Letter

PISCATAWAY - MARYLAND - CORRESP. FROM (1786): Autographed Letter

GLASSFORD, JOHN, & COMPANY - REFERENCE (1786): Autographed Letter

JOHN GLASSFORD & COMPANY - REFERENCE (1786): Autographed Letter

FERGUSSON, ROBERT - REFERENCE (1786): Autographed Letter

HARISON, WILLIAM - REFERENCE (1786): Autographed Letter

SMITH, THOMAS - REFERENCE (1786): Autographed Letter

CAMPBELL, PETER, & COMPANY - REFERENCE (1786): Autographed Letter

PETER CAMPBELL & COMPANY - REFERENCE (1786): Autographed Letter

SMALLWOOD, JOHN - REFERENCE (1786): Autographed Letter

SMALLWOOD, BENJAMIN - REFERENCE (1786): Autographed Letter

FERGUSSON, ROBERT - PAPERS (1719-1810): Manuscript

MARYLAND - HISTORY - SOURCES - PAPERS OF FERGUSSON, ROBERT (1719-1810): Manuscript

TOBACCO - TRADE - - MARYLAND - SEE: ROBERT FERGUSSON PAPERS, 1719-1810: Autographed Letter