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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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| 1 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [10 July … | 1781-07-10 | The day before yesterday, my angel, I arrived here, but for the want of an opportunity could not... |
| 2 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [13 July … | 1781-07-13 | I have received my angel two letters from you since my arrival in Camp with a packet of papers,... |
| 3 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 16 … | 1781-08-16 | I have received my beloved Betsey your letter informing me of the happy escape of your father. He... |
| 4 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 22 … | 1781-08-22 | In my last letter My Dearest Angel I informed you that there was a greater prospect of activity... |
| 5 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [25 … | 1781-08-25 | I had written the inclosed My Dear Betsey when the appearance of your father’s horses announcing... |
| 6 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 5 … | 1781-09-05 | [ Head of Elk, Maryland, September 5, 1781. On September 6, 1781, Hamilton wrote to Elizabeth... |
| 7 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 6 … | 1781-09-06 | Yesterday, my lovely wife, I wrote to you, inclosing you a letter in one to your father, to the... |
| 8 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [15–18 … | 1781-09-18 | How chequered is human life! How precarious is happiness! How easily do we often part with it for... |
| 9 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 10 … | 1781-10-10 | [ Camp before Yorktown, Virginia, October 10, 1781. On October 12, 1781, Hamilton wrote to... |
| 10 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [12 … | 1781-10-12 | I wrote you two days since My Dear Betsey, but as I am informed by one of the Gentlemen at Head... |
| 11 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [16 … | 1781-10-16 | Two nights ago, my Eliza, my duty and my honor obliged me to take a step in which your happiness... |
| 12 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [18 … | 1781-10-18 | Your letter of the 3d. of September my angel never reached me till to day. My uneasiness at not... |
| 13 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 18 … | 1782-11-18 | I am just arrived My Love at this place and shall cross Kings ferry tomorrow. I am much pleased... |
| 14 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [18 … | 1782-12-18 | I thank you my beloved for your precious letter by the post. It is full of that tender love which... |
| 15 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [1782] | ≈1782-01-01 | Engrossed by our own immediate concerns, I omitted telling you of a disagreeable piece of... |
| 16 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [8 … | 1783-01-08 | ⟨The post my⟩ angel has met with some interruption (I suppose by the river being impassable)... |
| 17 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 22 July … | 1783-07-22 | I wrote you my beloved Betsey by the last post, which I hope will not meet with the fate that... |
| 18 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton … | ≈1783-01-01 | I arrived My Dear Betsey at this place yesterday Evening not so much fatigued as I expected to... |
| 19 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [28–31 … | ≈1784-07-28 | I arrived here My beloved Betsey the fifth day after we set out, the three first days with every... |
| 20 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 17 March … | 1785-03-17 | [ Chester, New York, March 17, 1785. Hamilton wrote to Elizabeth Hamilton : “I have just written... |
| 21 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [17 … | 1785-03-17 | I have just written to you My beloved by the person who will probably be the bearer of this. Col... |
| 22 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [May … | ≈1786-05-01 | Three or four days since I wrote to My angel by the Post, since which I have received a letter... |
| 23 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [8 … | 1786-09-08 | I wrote to you My beloved Betsey at Philadelphia; but through mistake brought off the letter with... |
| 24 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [21 June … | 1788-06-21 | I thank you My beloved for your letter by the Post. I have time only to tell you that I am well... |
| 25 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [28 May … | 1789-05-28 | I am miserable My beloved angel that I cannot yet come to you; but this abominable business still... |
| 26 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton … | ≈1789-11-01 | I just hear of an opportunity for Albany & sit down to tell you I am well. Mr. Eveleigh is... |
| 27 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [11 … | 1790-09-11 | The Albany post is arrived and not a line from my dear Betsey; though I have reason to believe... |
| 28 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 15 … | 1790-09-15 | You do not hope in vain My very Dear love that I am tired of living alone. I was so the very hour... |
| 29 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 27 July … | 1791-07-27 | I am again My beloved Betsey in the hot City of Philadelphia; but in good health. And you may... |
| 30 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 2 August … | 1791-08-02 | I thank you my beloved Betsey for your letter announcing your safe arrival; but my satisfaction... |