1To Alexander Hamilton from Robert Troup, 24 March 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, March 24, 1792 . The calendar summary of this letter reads as follows: “‘My heart is nearly broken with the distress of poor Duer.’ Brockholst Livingston and others gloating over Duer.” Letter not found .] Letter listed in “Calendar Summary of Philip Schuyler and Alexander Hamilton Papers,” Personal Miscellaneous, Box 6, Schuyler, MS Division, New York Public Library. For...
2To Alexander Hamilton from Robert Troup, [24 March 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
Things here are in a calamitous state. My heart is nearly broken with the distresses of our friend Duer. Read the enclosed & judge what my feelings must be from your own. Great pains have been taken to excite the public rage agt. him & his friends. Among others I have been marked out as an object of resentment—for being one of his Lawyers. It is true I am so—but I have done nothing but what a...