1From Alexander Hamilton to John Delafield, [22 May 1786] (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Hamilton requests Mr. Delafield to send him a list of the bills negotiated for Lady Anne Polnitz on or account of the house. AL , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Delafield, who came to New York from England in 1783, was a broker in securities. Anne Stuart, baronne von Poellnitz, the wife of Frederick Charles Hans Bruno, baron von Poellnitz, had purchased twenty-two and one-half acres...