Albany, Sept. 14, 1782.
Sir:
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th
of August, the contents of which shall be executed.
I have just received by the post accounts of the specific supplies
furnished by the State; copies of which I shall prepare to be
transmitted to you by the next post, as I am to return the originals,
which are for the inspection of the Legislature. I hope to add to these
accounts of the moneys supplied.
I have written to you a number of letters since my journey to
Poughkeepsie, of which, as they contain some things of a confidential
nature, I am not without anxiety to learn the safe arrival.
I should also have been happy to have received your instructions
against the meeting of the Committee, which is to take place to-morrow.
As they will have other business, if I hear from you by the next post,
I shall not be too late. I am at a loss to know whether I ought to
press the establishment of permanent _funds_ or not; though unless I
receive your instructions, following my own apprehensions of what are
probably your views, I shall dwell on this article.
I have the honor to be,
With perfect respect,
Sir, your most ob’t serv’t,
A. Hamilton.
I inclose you a copy of a letter of the Governor, of the 2d inst., from
which you will see his hopes. Mine are not so good. In this vicinity,
always delinquent, little is doing.