From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 24 January 1792

To Philip Schuyler1

[Philadelphia, January 24, 1792. On January 29, 1792, Schuyler wrote to Hamilton: “Your favor of the 24th instant I received yesterday.” Letter not found.

1. Schuyler, who was H’s father-in-law, had been elected to the short term as United States Senator from New York in 1789 and was defeated for re-election by Aaron Burr in 1791. He was then elected to the fifteenth New York Senate, which met in New York City on January 5, 1792.

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Title: From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 24 January 1792
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Schuyler, Philip
Date: 24 January 1792

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Cite as: “From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 24 January 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-10-02-0132. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 10, December 1791 – January 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1966, p. 562.]

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