Office of Finance, June 4, 1782.
Sir:
I have received your favor of the eighteenth of May. I am much obliged
by the friendly sentiments you express for me, which, be assured, I
shall retain a grateful sense of. I see, with you, that the office I
had the pleasure of offering, will not be equal to what your abilities
will gain in the profession of the law; but I did intend that the whole
sum should have been paid, although the whole quota of the taxes had
not been collected by the State: consequently the object is greater
than you supposed, and the business might probably be effected without
more attention than you could spare from your studies. If so, I should
still be happy in your acceptance; and will leave the matter open until
I have an opportunity of hearing from you upon the subject.
I pray you to believe that I am,
With unfeigned esteem,
Your most obedient servant,
Robert Morris.
Colonel Alexander Hamilton.