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- Alexander Hamilton free frank cover to Customs Collector Otho H. Williams
Alexander Hamilton free frank cover to Customs Collector Otho H. Williams
Object Details
- Description
- As secretary of the treasury, Hamilton was permitted to send official correspondence for free by signing his name. This ensured that customs inspectors and collectors all over the country were kept busy responding to ceaseless requests for information about imports and exports, tonnage and construction of ships, trade routes, and ports of call. His ability to interpret and remember this data made Hamilton the best informed member of Washington’s first Cabinet.
- Credit line
- Bequest of Harriett M. Leach
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- August 13, 1793
- Object number
- 0.260305.193.44.1
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 3 7/16 × 5 15/16 in. (8.73 × 15.08 cm)
- Place of Destination
- Maryland
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- Floyd S. Leach Collection
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_0.260305.193.44.1
- Usage
- CC0
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