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Letter from Henry Knox and Alexander Hamilton, May 2, 1793
TRANSCRIPT GLC 2437.34.031
Henry Knox and Alexander Hamilton. Letter Signed: Philadelphia, to George Washington, 1793 May 2. 1 p. + docket.

Philadelphia My 2d. 1793

Sir

A conformity of opinion, and upon the same grounds, enables us to submit to you a joint answer to the third of the questions what you were pleased to propose on the 18 of April, to the heads of the departments and the Attorney Genl.

We have concluded that this mode would be more agreable to you than a [strike-out] repetition of the same ideas and arguments in separate answers

With perfect respect
and the truest attachmnt
We have the honor
to be sir your most
Obedeint & humbl Serts
Henry Knox Alexr Hamilton

The President of the US

[docket]
The President of 
The US
AH & & H Knox 
2d May 1793

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