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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00154.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1784 |
| Title | Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner on financial matters |
| Date | 13 October 1784 |
| Author | Hamilton, Alexander (ca. 1757-1804) |
| Recipient | Chaloner, John |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Informs Chaloner that he has drawn on him "in favor of Messrs. H. Solomon and J. Mordecai for one thousand pounds on account of Mr. Church." |
| Subjects | Finance Banking Judaism |
| People | Hamilton, Alexander (ca. 1757-1804) Chaloner, John (d. 1792) Mordecai, Jacob (1762-1838) Salomon, Haym (1740-1785) Church, John Barker (1746-1818) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Signer of the U.S. Constitution. John B. Church was a wealthy merchant married to Hamilton's wife's sister. Hamilton took care of many of his business affairs. Church, an Englishman, often used the pseudonym John Carter in America. John Chaloner was a Philadelphia merchant whose firm, Chaloner and White, managed Church's business affairs in that city. Haym Salomon and Jacob Mordecai were both Jewish businessman who became partners in a financial establishment on Wall Street in the Spring of 1784. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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