1From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 24 February 1804 (Hamilton Papers)
You will have heared, before this reaches you, of the fluctuations and changes which have taken place in the measures of the reigning party, as to a candidate for Governor; and you will probably have also been informed that pursuant to the opinions professed by our friends, before I left New York, I had taken an open part in favour of Mr. Lansing. It is a fact to be regretted, though...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 3 June 1802 (Hamilton Papers)
I have been long very delinquent towards you, as a correspondent, and am to thank you that you have not cast me off altogether as an irretrievable reprobate. But you knew how to appreciate the causes and you have made a construction equally just and indulgent. In your last you ask my opinion about a matter delicate and important both in a public and in a personal view. I shall give it with the...
3From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 28 July 1801 (Hamilton Papers)
You are, I believe, acquainted with The Reverend Mr. Mason who will deliver you this. I could not let him depart without placing him under the protection of your friendship. He is in every sense a man of rare merit . Yrs. Affect. ALS , New-York Historical Society, New York City. John Mitchell Mason became pastor of the Scotch Presbyterian Church on Cedar Street in New York City in 1793. It...
4From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 5 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
It is indeed a long time, My Dear Sir, since I have written to you, and I feel my obligation to you for the continuance of your correspondence notwithstanding my delinquency. Had it been true, that I had left every thing else to follow the Drum , my delinquency would not have been so great. But our military establishment offers too little inducement and is too precarious to have permitted a...
5From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 6 February 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
This will be delivered to you by Mr. Isambard Brunell French by birth, but Anti-Jacobin by principle, and by necessity an Inventor of Ingenious Machines. He goes to England to endeavour to obtain a patent for one, which he has contrived for the purpose of copying. He has a passport from Mr. Liston and I believe our Secretary of State. This letter is to ask for him such patronage as in your...
6From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 1 November 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
This will be delivered to you by Mr. Bruce, son of the Widow Bruce, both of whom you will no doubt recollect and that they are connections of our family. He goes to Europe to complete his studies in Medecine. Doctors Bard & Hosack with whom he has pursued them here speak handsomely of his qualifications & progress. He visits London in the first instance. Permit me to recommend him to your...
7From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 2 October 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. R—— delivered me your letter of the 31 of July. The opinion in that and other of your letters concerning a very important point has been acted upon by me from the very moment that it became unequivocal that we must have a decisive rupture with France. In some things my efforts succeeded, in others they were disappointed—in others I have had promises of conformity to lay the foundation of...
8From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 22 August 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
Your several letters of May 12th, June the 6th and 8th have regularly come to hand. You will be no doubt fully instructed of the measures which have taken place on the part of our government and you will have seen in the numerous addresses to the President a confirmation of the opinion I gave you respecting the disposition of this Country. From both you will have derived satisfaction though...
9From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, [6 June 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
Official information & the public papers will give you all the information I could give of the measures going on in this Country. You will have observed with pleasure a spirit of patriotism kindling every where. And you will not be sorry to know that it is my opinion that there will shortly be national unanimity as far as that idea can ever exist. Many of the leaders of Faction will persist...
10From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, [1 May 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
It is a great while since I received a line from you—nor indeed have I deserved one. The vortex of business, in which I have been, having kept me from writing to you. At this moment I presume you will not be sorry to know my opinion as to the course of our public affairs. In Congress, a good spirit is gaining ground; and though measures march slowly, there is reason to expect that almost every...