1To Alexander Hamilton from Baron von Steuben, 16 July 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Fishkill, New York, July 16, 1780. On July 23, 1780, Hamilton wrote to von Steuben : “I have received My Dear Baron your two letters of the 16th. and 18th.” Letter of July 16 not found. ]
2To Alexander Hamilton from Baron von Steuben, 6 December 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, December 6, 1778 . On December 19, 1778, Hamilton wrote to von Steuben : “I snatch a hasty moment My Dear Baron to acknowledge the receipt of yr. obliging favour of the 6th.” Letter not found .]
3To Alexander Hamilton from Baron von Steuben, 6 May 1779 (Hamilton Papers)
Bound Brook [ New Jersey ] May 6, 1779 . Sends directives and notes concerning regulation and administration of Army. Asks Hamilton to translate some of this material and transmit all of it to Washington. ALS , RG 93, Miscellaneous Records, National Archives. This letter is written in French.
4To Alexander Hamilton from Baron von Steuben, 18 July 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Fishkill, New York, July 18, 1780. On July 23, 1780, H wrote to von Steuben : “I have received My Dear Baron your two letters of the 16th. and 18th.” Letter of July 18 not found .]
5Baron von Steuben to the President of Congress, [1784] (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, 1784 ]. In a letter beginning “Nothing could justify my repeated applications to Your Honorable body, but that rigorous lot by which I feel myself oppressed,” Hamilton set forth von Steuben’s claims to compensation by the Continental Congress. Df , in writing of H, Mr. Herbert R. Strauss, Chicago. Because von Steuben sent so many memorials to Congress, any one of which may have...
6To Alexander Hamilton from Baron von Steuben, October [1791] (Hamilton Papers)
De tout temps c’etait ma destiné de rencontrer ces Génies Extraordinaires qu’on Apelle Originaux de sorte que je ne suis pas surpris de me trouver en contact avec le Quaker Churchman. Ce Philosophe magnetisé m’a communiqué ses idées et ses Chimeres; Je m’interesse à sa curiosité de vouloir reconnaitre ce point magnetique, dont nous connaissons l’effêct depuis des Siecles, et dont nous ignorons...
7To Alexander Hamilton from Baron von Steuben, 27 March [1794] (Hamilton Papers)
Je Vous Evoie Mon Cher Ami à Cachet Volant, une Lettre a Mons: King, avec un Memoire du Marq: de Rouvray Concernant Les Emigrant de St: Domingo, et des autres isles françoises. Si Vous avez le Loisir de Le parcourrir Vous y trouverai peut etre quelques Idee pour nous débarrasser de ces malheurcaux étranger qui deviennent à Charge aux Etats Unies. Sans Vous importuner par ma Correspondence, je...
8Baron von Steuben to George Washington, [26 October 1787] (Hamilton Papers)
I have lately made a fresh application to Congress for a final settlement of my affairs on the ground of a contract made with that honorable body previous to my joining the American army. The particulars and the evidence of that contract are stated in a printed pamphlet a copy of which Mr. Hamilton informs me he has transmitted to your Excellency. I have been just informed that Congress intend...
9To Alexander Hamilton from Baron von Steuben, 16 December [1790] (Hamilton Papers)
Mon Bon Ami? J’apprens avec peine Votre indisposition je suis persuader que le manque d’Exercice en est la Cause principale, je Vous Conjure d’y porter le remede, donne Vous un petit bidet et trotter Vos huit ou dix miles tout les Matins, Vos courses a pied ne sont pas suffisant. Menagé cete Santé aussi chere a tant des personnes, et Aussi utile a cette tendre Demoiselle Collumbia. J’ai...
10Baron von Steuben to James Duane, [11 October 1784] (Hamilton Papers)
The flattering token of their regard with which the Mayor Recorder & Alderman of the metropolis of a state distinguished for its exertions in the late revolution have honored me, derives additional value from the characters of the respectable individuals who compose that body and from the very obliging manner in which it is conferred. The degree of my zeal for the common cause of America will...