Letter Signed as Secretary of the Treasury, to the Collector of Customs for the Port of Machias

Object Date: September 22, 1789

Medium: paper, ink

Imperial Dims: Overall: 9 5/16 x 7 13/16 in.

Subject: Alexander Hamilton; US Customs; Revolutionary War era; deficit; finance; financial history; debt; Bank of New York; Bank of North America; American history; United States history

Credit Line: Courtesy of Seth Kaller, Inc.

Inventory Number: 2026.PoL.SKI.002

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