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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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| 31 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [8 June … | 1798-06-08 | This is the third time I have written to my love since her departure. I continue to enjoy good... |
| 32 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 12 … | 1794-08-12 | I wrote to you my beloved Eliza by the post of to day. My heart cannot cease to ach till I hear... |
| 33 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [19] … | 1798-11-19 | I am always very happy My Dear Eliza when I can steal a few moments to sit down and write to you.... |
| 34 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [10 … | 1791-08-10 | This day, my beloved, on my return from Brunswick I received your precious letters of the 31 of... |
| 35 | 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... |
| 36 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [23 … | 1797-04-23 | Lest my Dear Eliza any circumstance should have prevented your departure before this reaches you,... |
| 37 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [2 … | 1801-10-02 | I was extremely disappointed, My Dear Eliza, that the Mondays post did not bring me a letter from... |
| 38 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 31 July … | 1794-07-31 | I arrived here, My beloved Eliza, yesterday, too late to write by the Post—but am happy to be... |
| 39 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 8 June … | 1800-06-08 | I am just arrived my Dear Eliza at this place in good health and after breakfasting shall proceed... |
| 40 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 2 August … | 1794-08-02 | I have had the happiness to receive one letter from my beloved Eliza and I need not tell her how... |
| 41 | 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,... |
| 42 | 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... |
| 43 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [1803] | ≈1803-01-01 | I arrived here, my beloved, about five this afternoon. According to my first day’s journey, I... |
| 44 | 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... |
| 45 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [1 March … | 1798-03-01 | This, My beloved Eliza, is the third letter I have written to you since I left—but I am still... |
| 46 | 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... |
| 47 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [25 … | 1801-10-25 | I was much relieved, My Dear Eliza by the receipt yesterday morning of your letter of Monday... |
| 48 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 26 … | 1800-01-26 | I was quite disappointed and pained, My Dear Eliza, when I found, that the Post of Saturday had... |
| 49 | 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... |
| 50 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [12 … | 1797-09-12 | I am arrived here My Dear Eliza in good health but very anxious about my Dear Philip. I pray... |
| 51 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 20 … | 1801-02-20 | We have reached this place for the night, after a very tolerable journey. I am in much better... |
| 52 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 22 June … | 1798-06-22 | I believe my beloved that I omitted to write by the last Post thinking it would not find you at... |
| 53 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 16 … | 1802-10-16 | I have just arrived here and shall stay till tomorrow. It has always appeared to me that the... |
| 54 | 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... |
| 55 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [18–19 … | 1797-09-19 | I have received only one letter from my beloved Eliza since I left the city. I am very anxious to... |
| 56 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [26 … | 1796-10-26 | I wrote you yesterday by Mr. Rensselaer. Since that I received yours of Friday last which gave me... |
| 57 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 19 April … | 1799-04-19 | [ Philadelphia, April 19, 1799. On April 20, 1799, Hamilton wrote to Elizabeth Hamilton : “I... |
| 58 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 5 … | 1800-02-05 | Tomorrow, My Dear Eliza, your Fathers slay leaves this place for New York. I drop you a line to... |
| 59 | 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... |
| 60 | 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... |
| 61 | 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... |
| 62 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 25 … | 1801-02-25 | Your Sister Peggy has gradually grown worse & is now in a situation that her dissolution in the... |
| 63 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 8 March … | 1801-03-08 | [ Albany, March 8, 1801. On March 9, 1801 , Hamilton wrote to his wife: “Yesterday, My beloved... |
| 64 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [10 … | 1800-02-10 | The lapse of two days more, my beloved Eliza, has happily diminished the term of my absence from... |
| 65 | 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... |
| 66 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 10 March … | 1801-03-10 | The Senate has refused on account of the interference with other business to hear any more causes... |
| 67 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [17 … | 1794-08-17 | I wrote you two or three times last week. But since my last I have received another letter from... |
| 68 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [14 … | 1798-01-14 | This moment my Dear Eliza, we descended from the carriage—after a journey, so far, much more... |
| 69 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 20 … | 1794-10-20 | I thank you my beloved for your letter of the 14th. I am very sorry that some of my sweet angels... |
| 70 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [6 … | 1798-12-06 | I had strongly hoped My very Dear Betsey that our business would have ended this day & that... |
| 71 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 3 June … | 1798-06-03 | I have been extremely uneasy, My beloved Eliza, at the state of health and state of mind in which... |
| 72 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 22 … | 1803-10-22 | I am here, my beloved Eliza, on my way to Albany —in much better health than I have been since my... |
| 73 | 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... |
| 74 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [16 … | 1801-03-16 | On Saturday, My Dear Eliza, your sister took leave of her sufferings and friends, I trust, to... |
| 75 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 22 May … | 1800-05-22 | [ Plainfield, New Jersey, May 22, 1800. On May 24, 1800, Hamilton wrote to Elizabeth Hamilton: “I... |
| 76 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [16 … | 1797-04-16 | We arrived here last Evening well and shall proceed immediately on our journey. I forgot my brief... |
| 77 | 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... |
| 78 | 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... |
| 79 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [1798] | ≈1798-01-01 | [ 1798 ]. “I am almost ready to abandon every thing & fly to you—But I am so entangled with war &... |
| 80 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 9 August … | 1798-08-09 | I have just written you by the Post. This will be brought by Robert, who from the heat of the sun... |