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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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| 1 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton … | ≈1798-11-01 | I am vexed My Dear Betsey that the blunder of a servant prevented the inclosed from going by the... |
| 2 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 14 … | 1803-10-14 | I arrived here this day, in about as good health as I left home though somewhat fatigued. There... |
| 3 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [28–31 … | ≈1784-07-28 | I arrived here My beloved Betsey the fifth day after we set out, the three first days with every... |
| 4 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [21 June … | 1788-06-21 | I thank you My beloved for your letter by the Post. I have time only to tell you that I am well... |
| 5 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 22 … | 1781-08-22 | In my last letter My Dearest Angel I informed you that there was a greater prospect of activity... |
| 6 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 5 … | 1781-09-05 | [ Head of Elk, Maryland, September 5, 1781. On September 6, 1781, Hamilton wrote to Elizabeth... |
| 7 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 20 April … | 1799-04-20 | I yesterday informed my beloved of my arrival here. A very good night’s rest has put me in as... |
| 8 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [9 March … | 1801-03-09 | Yesterday, My beloved Eliza, I wrote you by water to the care of a Capt Boyed. I in that letter... |
| 9 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [12 … | 1791-08-12 | You cannot imagine My beloved Betsey how much I am afflicted at learning by your letter of the... |
| 10 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [2–3 … | 1798-12-03 | I had hoped my very Dear Betsey that I should have had no occasion to write you again from this... |
| 11 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [27 … | 1803-10-27 | It is with great pleasure, I am able to inform my beloved Eliza that I continue to progress in... |
| 12 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [17 … | 1791-08-17 | I wrote you two or three times last week. But since my last I have received another letter from... |
| 13 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 6 … | 1781-09-06 | Yesterday, my lovely wife, I wrote to you, inclosing you a letter in one to your father, to the... |
| 14 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 17 … | 1799-10-17 | I am thus far, My Dear Eliza, on my way to New York. But I am under a necessity of viewing the... |
| 15 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 10 … | 1798-11-10 | I wrote to you, My Eliza, from Trenton. Yesterday afternoon I arrived at this place. I have... |
| 16 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [10 … | 1798-12-10 | I expected with certainty my beloved Betsey to have left this place to day. Our business has... |
| 17 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 8 August … | 1794-08-08 | I just take up my pen My Dear Eliza to assure you of all our health & of our continual & fervent... |
| 18 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [8 … | 1786-09-08 | I wrote to you My beloved Betsey at Philadelphia; but through mistake brought off the letter with... |
| 19 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, October … | ≈1803-10-01 | This morning my b⟨e⟩loved Eliza I leave Albany for C⟨lav⟩erack, my health greatly mended ⟨a⟩nd I... |
| 20 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 22 July … | 1783-07-22 | I wrote you my beloved Betsey by the last post, which I hope will not meet with the fate that... |
| 21 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 9 August … | 1798-08-09 | [ Poughkeepsie, New York, August 9, 1798. On August 9, 1798, Hamilton wrote to his wife : “I have... |
| 22 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [5 June … | 1798-06-05 | I wrote to you, My beloved Eliza, by the Monday’s Post. You will be glad to hear that your dear... |
| 23 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [12 … | 1781-10-12 | I wrote you two days since My Dear Betsey, but as I am informed by one of the Gentlemen at Head... |
| 24 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [11 … | 1798-11-11 | I have not yet received a line from you since my departure. It is a consolation which my heart... |
| 25 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [18 … | 1781-10-18 | Your letter of the 3d. of September my angel never reached me till to day. My uneasiness at not... |
| 26 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 17 March … | 1785-03-17 | [ Chester, New York, March 17, 1785. Hamilton wrote to Elizabeth Hamilton : “I have just written... |
| 27 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 9 August … | 1791-08-09 | I came to this place my beloved Betsy a day or two since to meet some Gentlemen from New York on... |
| 28 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [18 … | 1782-12-18 | I thank you my beloved for your precious letter by the post. It is full of that tender love which... |
| 29 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [23 … | 1801-09-23 | I am vexed and chagrined, My beloved Eliza, that I cannot come out to day as I intended. I had... |
| 30 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [4 … | 1791-09-04 | I hoped with the strongest assurance to have met you at Eliz Town; but this change of weather has... |
| 31 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [8 June … | 1798-06-08 | This is the third time I have written to my love since her departure. I continue to enjoy good... |
| 32 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 12 … | 1794-08-12 | I wrote to you my beloved Eliza by the post of to day. My heart cannot cease to ach till I hear... |
| 33 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [19] … | 1798-11-19 | I am always very happy My Dear Eliza when I can steal a few moments to sit down and write to you.... |
| 34 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [10 … | 1791-08-10 | This day, my beloved, on my return from Brunswick I received your precious letters of the 31 of... |
| 35 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [28 May … | 1789-05-28 | I am miserable My beloved angel that I cannot yet come to you; but this abominable business still... |
| 36 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [23 … | 1797-04-23 | Lest my Dear Eliza any circumstance should have prevented your departure before this reaches you,... |
| 37 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [2 … | 1801-10-02 | I was extremely disappointed, My Dear Eliza, that the Mondays post did not bring me a letter from... |
| 38 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 31 July … | 1794-07-31 | I arrived here, My beloved Eliza, yesterday, too late to write by the Post—but am happy to be... |
| 39 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 8 June … | 1800-06-08 | I am just arrived my Dear Eliza at this place in good health and after breakfasting shall proceed... |
| 40 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 2 August … | 1794-08-02 | I have had the happiness to receive one letter from my beloved Eliza and I need not tell her how... |
| 41 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [13 July … | 1781-07-13 | I have received my angel two letters from you since my arrival in Camp with a packet of papers,... |
| 42 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [11 … | 1790-09-11 | The Albany post is arrived and not a line from my dear Betsey; though I have reason to believe... |
| 43 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [1803] | ≈1803-01-01 | I arrived here, my beloved, about five this afternoon. According to my first day’s journey, I... |
| 44 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 15 … | 1790-09-15 | You do not hope in vain My very Dear love that I am tired of living alone. I was so the very hour... |
| 45 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [1 March … | 1798-03-01 | This, My beloved Eliza, is the third letter I have written to you since I left—but I am still... |
| 46 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [10 July … | 1781-07-10 | The day before yesterday, my angel, I arrived here, but for the want of an opportunity could not... |
| 47 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [25 … | 1801-10-25 | I was much relieved, My Dear Eliza by the receipt yesterday morning of your letter of Monday... |
| 48 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 26 … | 1800-01-26 | I was quite disappointed and pained, My Dear Eliza, when I found, that the Post of Saturday had... |
| 49 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 18 … | 1782-11-18 | I am just arrived My Love at this place and shall cross Kings ferry tomorrow. I am much pleased... |
| 50 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [12 … | 1797-09-12 | I am arrived here My Dear Eliza in good health but very anxious about my Dear Philip. I pray... |