1From Alexander Hamilton to John Rutherfurd, [4 March 1793–31 January 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
I called at your Quarters a while ago to ask you to take with two or three friends a family Dinner with me to day. A word in answer by the bearer will oblige. Yrs Will you tell Mr. Frelinghuyssen that if he will be of the party I shall esteem it a favour. ALS , anonymous donor. Frederick Frelinghuysen, a lawyer and a member of the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1782, was a United States...
2From Alexander Hamilton to John Rutherfurd, [4 November 1791–8 October 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
I called at your Lodgings to converse with you on a certain subject and wish much to see you. If you will be at home at two today, I shall then find you. Yrs. ALS , Columbia University Libraries. This letter has been dated on the basis of a list written on the back of the letter which contains the names of twenty-four senators who were members of the Second Congress, which lasted from March 4,...
3From Alexander Hamilton to John Rutherfurd, [March 1791–January 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
General Hamilton will have the pleasure of Dining with Mr. Rutherford agreeable to his polite Invitation. AL , anonymous donor. Rutherfurd was a New York City lawyer until 1787, when he moved to New Jersey, where he was a member of the General Assembly in 1788 and 1789. He was a Federalist member of the United States Senate from March 4, 1791, to December 5, 1798.
4Tobias Lear to John Rutherfurd, 18 April 1792 (Washington Papers)
I had the honor to lay before the President the letter which you left with me yesterday for that purpose, and to communicate to him the ideas which you expressed respecting the deed for a certain tract of land formerly purchased by Edward Snickers—and have now the pleasure to convey to you the President’s observations on the subject. When Colo. George Mercer (not James, as mentioned in the...