Order on First Bank of United States, Letter, 1794,May 16.

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Order on First Bank of United States, Letter, 1794,May 16.

Note from the Treasury Department addressed to Thomas Willing, President of the Bank of the United States, signed by Alexander Hamilton, then Secretary of the Treasury, authorizing Secretary of State, Edmund Randolph, to be paid $900 for "certain expenses which have occurred in the West Indies in relation to public service." The order was issued before congressional authorization and receipt by Randolph on May 15th.

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