To Alexander Hamilton from Cornelius Bogert, 29 March 1802
From Cornelius Bogert1
[New York] March 29, 1802. Discusses the facts in the “causes of Vanderheuvel against the Columbian Insurance Company.”2
ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
1. Bogert was a New York City lawyer.
2. H made the following entry in his Law Register, 1795–1804:
“Columbian Insur: | Of Counsel with Bogert |
|
Company | ||
Adsm | ||
J Vandenheuvel | ||
Retainer 100” |
(D, partially in H’s handwriting, New York Law Institute, New York City). The case of John C. Vandenheuvel v Columbian Insurance Company concerned an insurance policy on a vessel and cargo owned by Vandenheuvel which sank in a storm off the Spanish coast.
This letter is printed in
, II, 777–78.