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David Ramsay wrote from Charleston, South Carolina to John Kean in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ramsay discussed debts incurred during the American Revolution and Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton’s, plan. Ramsay praised Kean’s letter to Congress regarding Revolutionary War debt and mentioned an excerpt was published anonymously in a newspaper. Ramsay also mentioned that a French Frigate brought official dispatches of a formal declaration of war against England.

Author/Creator

David M. Ramsay (1749-1815)

Recipient

John Kean (1755-1795)

Creation Date

4-8-1793

Document Type

Manuscript

Location

Charleston, South Carolina

Collection

Liberty Hall Collection, 1711-1847 (bulk 1790-1830)

Inventory Location

Bay 1, Column 1, LHC Series 2

Rights

This collection is open to the public for research use. Copyright remains with Kean University. Credit this material. Personal photographs may be made for research purposes. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to Lynette Zimmerman, Executive Director at the Liberty Hall Academic Center & Exhibition Hall at lzimmerm@kean.edu.

Publishing Repository

Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University

David Ramsay to John Kean, April 8, 1793

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