1From Alexander Hamilton to Theodore Sedgwick, 26 December 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, December 26, 1797. “I beg your pardon for not having written to you sooner. Blame my excessive avocations & particularly my engagements with the Court of Chancery.… The declaration sent us by Van Shack has been examined and returned. We do not find, that our statute contains any provision.” Letter not found. ] ALS , sold by American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, March 3,...
2To Alexander Hamilton from Theodore Sedgwick, 4 February 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, February 4, 1798. “I hope you will be able to procure a dismissal of the injunction in the case of Morris and Bacon, and I am the more anxious, as I have lately heard there is some doubt of the solidity of the circumstances of Mr. Morris.…” ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Sedgwick is referring to the case of Thomas Morris and James Wadsworth v William Bacon , in which...
3From Alexander Hamilton to Theodore Sedgwick, [1–15 March 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
In my opinion these things— The President ought to make a solemn and manly communication to Congress the language grave and firm but without invective—in which after briefly recapitulating the progress of our controversy with France the measures taken toward accommodation & stating their degrading result—he ought to advert to the extremely critical posture of Europe the excessive pretensions...
4To Alexander Hamilton from Theodore Sedgwick, 3 August 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Stockbridge, Massachusetts, August 3, 1798. On August 29, 1798, Hamilton wrote to Sedgwick : “Your letter of the 3. instant came seasonably to hand.” Letter not found. ] Sedgwick, a leading Massachusetts Federalist, was a member of the Massachusetts Assembly in 1780, 1782, 1783, 1787, and 1788 and of the state Senate in 1784 and 1785. From 1785 to 1788 he was a delegate to the Continental...
5From Alexander Hamilton to Theodore Sedgwick, 29 August 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter of the 3. instant came seasonably to hand. Business & absence from this place have delayed the acknowlegement. The persons you mention have been correspondently placed before the Secretary at War. As to Military Affairs, they lag not a little. No appointments of Regimental Officers yet made. McHenry as you know is loaded beyond his strength. It was an obvious idea to derive aid...
6To Alexander Hamilton from Theodore Sedgwick, [19 November 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Stockbridge, Massachusetts, November 19, 1798. Letter not found. ] “Letters from T. S. [Theodore Sedgwick] to Genl. A. Hamilton,” William Livingston Papers, Book 3, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston.
7From Alexander Hamilton to Theodore Sedgwick, 25 January 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The cold which I had when you were here increased after you left me & has a great part of the time confined me to bed. This is the chief cause that you have not heard from me in reply to your letter. I have perused the answer in Chancery & incline at present to the Opinion that we can at the ensuing term obtain a dissolution of the Injunction. I will shortly reperuse it & if I change my mind I...
8From Alexander Hamilton to Theodore Sedgwick, 2 February 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
What, My Dear Sir, are you going to do with Virginia? This is a very serious business, which will call for all the wisdom and firmness of the Government. The following are the ideas which occur to me on the occasion. The first thing in all great operations of such a Government as ours is to secure the opinion of the people. To this end, the proceedings of Virginia and Kentucke with the two...
9To Alexander Hamilton from Theodore Sedgwick, 7 February 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I had the pleasure, my dear sir, the day before yesterday to receive your favor of the 2nd. With regard to the conduct of Virginia & Kentucky—The moment I came into town I applied to the apparent leaders in the house of Representatives, & stated to them my opinion of the measures which to me seemed expedient to be adopted—That it was necessary to preoccupy the ground—that, for this purpose it...
10To Alexander Hamilton from Theodore Sedgwick, 19 February 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The President yesterday, sent the Senate a nomination of Mr Murray to be appointed Minister plenipy. to the french republic, accompanied by a letter, from Talleyrand to the Secy. of the french legation at Amsterdam. By this letter it appears, that for some time, communications have been made to Mr. Murray, of the friendly dispositions of the french Govt. towards this Country, & it contains...