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LS as Secretary of the Treasury, signed "Alexander Hamilton," one page both sides, 7.5 x 10, February 8, 1791. Treasury Department letter to Sharp Delany, collector of customs at Philadelphia, regarding duties owed by the ship Kitty. In part: "I received yesterday an application from Messrs. R. & J. Potter, Knox, Henderson & others, relative to the claim of additional duties on Goods & the Ship Kitty from London. Having no statement of facts from your office, I am uncertain how far all those things, that may concern the rights of the United States, have occurred to the Applicants, & can, therefore, only give a conditional instruction to you…If, on a careful examination into the facts, it shall appear that the vessel was within the United States (& if in this case the Ship Kitty shall be proved to have been within the Capes of Delaware bay) on the thirty first of Decem'r last, I do not conceive that the additional duties can be lawfully demanded. The Goods, tho’ not entered will be to be considered as those brought into the United States, which is the language of the Act of Congress." Laminated in vintage heat setting acetate and in fine condition.
Additionally includes a clarifying letter to Sharp Delany by Tench Coxe, signed "Tench Coxe, Assist. Sec'y," one page both sides, 7.75 x 10, February 14, 1791, in part: "The Secretary of the Treasury has received a certificate from the Bank of North America dated the 3d instant for fourteen thousand dollars received by them of you for the Treasurer of the United States…You will find by examining the letter of the 20th December from the Secretary of the Treasury that the question, answered by him in that letter has no relation to the case of Mess'rs Potters, Knox & Henderson. The practicability of a vessel in another district being entered in yours was the object of the first Question—the effect of the actual bringing in of goods before the 31st Decem'r 1790 was the subject of Mess'rs Potters & Co.'s letter." Also laminated in vintage heat setting acetate and in very good to fine condition, with a stabilized tear to one edge.
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