Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Timothy Donovan, 24 July 1798

From Timothy Donovan1

New York, July 24, 1798. “Permit me to Congratulate you most Respectfully on your promotion.… I make one of the number, who can make you no other recompence but my Fervent prayers to the allmighty God, for your Long life and Prosperity.”

ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Donovan owned and operated a tobacco shop in New York City.

H endorsed this letter: “Timothy Donavan aged sixty Gruff Manner.”

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Timothy Donovan, 24 July 1798
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    Donovan, Timothy
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    24 July 1798

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Timothy Donovan, 24 July 1798,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-22-02-0013. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 22, July 1798 – March 1799, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1975, p. 29.]