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From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 17 October 1799

To Elizabeth Hamilton

Elizabeth Town [New Jersey]
Friday Oct 17. 1799

I am thus far, My Dear Eliza, on my way to New York.1 But I am under a necessity of viewing the ground for Winter Quarters2 to day—which will prevent my being with you before tomorrow. Then please God I shall certainly embrace you & my Dear John.3

A thousand blessings upon you   Yrs. Ever

AH

ALS, the Reverend Alexander van Cortlandt Hamilton, Norwalk, Connecticut.

1. H was returning to New York after conferring with James McHenry, James Wilkinson, and William North in Trenton. See H to McHenry, October 6, 1799; H to James Miller, October 7, 1799.

2. Winter quarters for the Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Regiments were located at Scotch Plains, New Jersey. See H to Ebenezer Stevens, October 5, 1799.

3. John Church Hamilton, H’s son who was born on August 22, 1792.

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 17 October 1799,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-23-02-0482. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 23, April 1799 – October 1799, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976, p. 538.]

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