1To Alexander Hamilton from Susan Kean, 18 January 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Elizabethtown, New Jersey, January 18, 1799. On January 23, 1799, Hamilton wrote to Susan Kean and referred to her “letter of the 18th instant.” Letter not found. ] Susan Kean, the daughter of Peter Van Brugh Livingston, was the widow of John Kean. Kean, a member of Congress from South Carolina from 1785 to 1787, had been cashier of the Bank of the United States from its founding in 1791...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Susan Kean, 23 January 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
How do you like, My dear friend, this mode of beginning my letter? Just as well, I presume, as I did the counterpart of it in your letter of the 18th instant, which reached me only yesterday. Are you now to be told that the more familiarly you treat me, the more you will gratify my friendship and regard for you? You consult me on a subject about which I have less skill than you suppose & much...