751To Alexander Hamilton from Oliver Wolcott, Junior, [13 April 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, April 13, 1797. On April 22, 1797, Hamilton wrote to Wolcott and referred to “your letter of the 13th instant.” Letter not found. ] Printed in this volume.
752From Alexander Hamilton to Oliver Wolcott, Junior, 22 April 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
My absence from New York to attend the Court here has put it out of my power to answer sooner your letter of the 13th instant. The characters which occur to me as proper to be considered for Collector are these— Benjamin Walker —This Gentleman you know as well as I do. He is every way qualified and fit, and had he remained in the place of naval officer he might, qualified as he is, have looked...
753From Alexander Hamilton to Robert Troup, [20 June 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
[ June 20, 1797. The description of this letter in the dealer’s catalogue reads: “on legal matters.” Letter not found. ] ALS , sold by Robert H. Dodd, New York City, April, 1916, Catalogue 20.
754To Alexander Hamilton from Cyrus De Hart, 2 August 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
I have just recd the enclosed Citation within twenty four hours—which leave no time for me to attend to the business. If I understand the business—the decision of the arbitrators will be consider’d as a Verdict. If the decision of the arbitrators cannot be set aside I wish you if possible to cause a delay if it can be done—So that the proprietors may have at least three months to collect the...
755To Alexander Hamilton from James Monroe, [4 August 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, August 4, 1797. Letter listed in dealer’s catalogue. Letter not found. ] ALS , sold by Stan V. Henkels, Jr., April 21, 1891, Item 393-H.
756From Alexander Hamilton to James Monroe, [8 August 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, August 8, 1797. Letter listed in dealer’s catalogue. Letter not found. ] ALS , sold by John Heise, Syracuse, New York, 1921, Catalogue S5, Item 9.
757From Alexander Hamilton to Tench Coxe, [23 August 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
I enclose you a letter from Mr Church. I must add to it my earnest request that you will exert yourself to complete the business which is the subject of it. The punctuality of his temper occasions to me no small embarrassment in reference to a delay which appears to him extraordinary. I shall receive much pleasure from the knowlege that the affair is closed. With consideration I am Sir Yr...
758Enclosure: John B. Church to Tench Coxe, 19 August 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
I imagine this Letter will find you return’d to Philadelphia. I am much disappointed and regret that I was obliged to quit New York before I received an Account of your having arranged with Mr. Anthony the Division of the Lands. I have received a Letter from him that he fears he shall not be able to effect it with you, and that I must repair to Philadelphia in Person to procure a Settlement; I...
759To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 26 August 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
I wrote yesterday to Mr. Church, & now trouble you with this from a presumption that he is yet absent. My letter gives some information, which as it regards his Pennsa. property, it may be well for you to see immediately. I therefore recommend your attention opening my letter to him. I have just recd. Mr. Church’s of the 19th. & yours of the 23d or 25th. In regard to the division of the tracts...
760From Alexander Hamilton to Théophile Cazenove, October–December 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, October–December, 1797. Proposes the forms which should be used for investing the one-hundred thousand dollars which Robert Morris had agreed to pay to the Seneca Indians for their lands in Ontario County, New York. Copy, Gemeentearchief Amsterdam, Holland Land Company. These documents were transferred in 1964 from the Nederlandsch Economisch-Historisch Archief, Amsterdam. H wrote...
761To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Stoughton, [11 November 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, November 11, 1797. On June 25, 1803, Stoughton wrote to Hamilton : “I had the honor to write you on this Subject the 11th. Novre. 1797. accompanying a Statement of Facts, copy of our Articles, and my claims.” Letter not found. ] See Stoughton to H, June 25, 1803 (printed in this volume).
762To Alexander Hamilton from Theodore Sedgwick, [19 November 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Stockbridge, Massachusetts, November 19, 1798. Letter not found. ] “Letters from T. S. [Theodore Sedgwick] to Genl. A. Hamilton,” William Livingston Papers, Book 3, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston.
763To Alexander Hamilton from Michael Welsh, [1798–1804] (Hamilton Papers)
New York [ 1798–1804 ]. “A Series of misfortunes which have pursued me from infancy … make me apply to you for a Small Sum to relieve me from present embarrassment. The portrait that accompanies this letter is not offered to you in barter for the sum required. No Sir, it is my request that you would honor it with some corner in your house.… It is Sir the portrait of the Countess of Serang,...
764To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, 13 January 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
As I Owe to your kind Interposition the Permission I have obtained from the Secretary of the Treasury to reside with my Family in the Liberties ’till remanded, so I trust with Confidence that your friendly Exertions will not be wanting to insure to me a Continuance of this Priviledge. Colo. Giles the Marshall has within these few days Expressed a Doubt to one of my Fellow Prisoners, that this...
765Enclosure: From William Duer, [1 October 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
The Undersigned having obtained permission from the Secretary of the Treasury of the united states by his Letter of the 19th of September last directed to the Keeper of the Prison of the City of New york—to reside within the Liberties assigned by Law to the Jail of the City and County of New york Does hereby engage not to depart beyond the said Limits and to return to Confinement when required...
766To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, 17 January 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I Enclose you agreably to my Promise a Copy of Mr. Wolcotts Letter to the Keeper of the Prison. On an attentive Perusal It appears clearly to me that the Indulgence granted by Mr. Wolcott was in Consequence of the Epidemic prevailing in the Jail, and it may be construed to terminate with the Extinction of the Contagion. Nevertheless, The Stipulation proposed in the Letter is, That I should...
767To Alexander Hamilton from William Duer, [16 February 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
I have risen from a Sleepless Bed, with a Mind too distracted to Write to you. Whilst my memory still serves to mention to you certain Circumstances relative to my Accounts with the United States, and the Situation of my Family I wish to see you. How long this will be the Case God only knows!—he is a better Judge of what I am than Man, and at his Tribunal only I Expect Justice. The Sympathy...
768To Alexander Hamilton from Jean Mouchon, 2 March 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, March 2, 1799. Explains his actions as an agent for La Barre and Company in a dispute concerning a shipment of wine from France to New York on the ship Chesapeake . ADS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Mouchon was a New York City merchant at 101 Beekman Street. This letter concerns the case of Dominique Allard v John Mouchon . In April, 1797, Mouchon, acting as an agent for...
769From Alexander Hamilton to John Murray, 2 April 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, April 2, 1799. Letter listed in dealer’s catalogue. Letter not found. ] ALS , sold in 1898 by John Cadby, Albany, New York, Catalogue 33, Item 133. Murray, a New York City merchant, was a director of the Bank of New York from 1789 to 1794. In 1798 he was a director of the New York Office of Discount and Deposit and president of the New York City Chamber of Commerce. He owned...
770To Alexander Hamilton from Ezra L’Hommedieu, [9 April 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
[ April 9, 1799. “… I consent that you receive the four thousand Dollars which have been deposited on account of this note without prejudice to your recourse against me as Indorser.” Letter not found. ] The Collector: A Magazine for Autograph and Historical Collectors , LXXII, No. 6 (1959), 128, Item i 299. L’Hommedieu represented New York in the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1782 and in...
771To Alexander Hamilton from Edward Carrington, [5 July 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Richmond, July 5, 1799. The description of this letter in the dealer’s catalogue reads: “… about the appointment of an aide-de-camp. ‘… Contracts are now in operation at every place assigned as recruiting stations … and at them such temporary arrangements are made as enable the Officers to be proceeding.’” Letter not found. ] The Collector: A Magazine for Autograph and Historical Collectors...
772To Alexander Hamilton from ———, [n.p., n.d.] (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Duer the late Secretary of the Board of Treasury having informed us that in Consequence of his having Exhibited the account of our Salaries, the warrant including the same has been made out in his Favor as Secretary of the late Board. We beg Leave to inform you that we have no Objection to its issuing in that Form. We are Sir, Your most Obet. Hble Serts. Copy, New-York Historical Society,...
773From Alexander Hamilton to ———, [n.p., n.d.] (Hamilton Papers)
The amount due to the Bank does not appear in the papers except in a letter of Butlers in which he states it at 8900 Drs. But this was not the subject of my inquiry. I wanted to know the probable amount here of the Cargo which was assigned for our suit ought to be for that amount. Yrs. with respect ALS , in a grangerized copy of [William Coleman] A Collection of the Facts and Documents,...
774From Alexander Hamilton to ———, [n.p., n.d.] (Hamilton Papers)
I have perused the declaration & approve it. I presume the 12 of Decr. last was previous to suing out the Writ; if not to avoid cavilling it may [be] well to antedate it. Yrs. ALS , Yale University Library.
775From Alexander Hamilton to ———, [n.p., n.d.] (Hamilton Papers)
I am mortified at the unseasonable trouble I occasion to you, but if the inclosed is in a state to admit regularly of an authentication by you I shall be glad of two copies under your seal of office. I remain very respectfully & with great regard Yr Obed ser I shall want one copy by tomorrow Eight O Clock ALS , Harvard College Library.
776From Alexander Hamilton to ———, [n.p., n.d.] (Hamilton Papers)
I will thank you for your name on the inclosed. Yrs. ALS , New-York Historical Society, New York City.
777From Alexander Hamilton to ———, 15 March (Hamilton Papers)
I think we must admit the special verdict. If there be any thing in it which they cannot prove otherwise, they may by a bill of discovery obtain the effect of the admission. Yrs. ALS , Mrs. John Jay Pierrepont, Ridgefield, Connecticut.
778To Alexander Hamilton from John Burchan, [n.d.] (Hamilton Papers)
John Burchan, the Young Gentleman recommended to Col. Hamilton by Thomas Lowrey, is to be found at Mr. Michael Roberts, No. 32. Hanover Square. AL , Papers of Tench Coxe in the Coxe Family Papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. On January 3, 1793, Burchan was listed as a clerk in the office of the register of the Treasury Department ( PAH Harold C. Syrett, ed., The...
779From Alexander Hamilton to Mathew Carey, [n.d.] (Hamilton Papers)
Mr Hamilton’s Compliments to Mr Carey. He would readily comply with Mr Carey’s request if he had any paper containing his speech; but having none he cannot do it unless Mr Carey will furnish him with one. If this can be done Mr H will correct it this evening which indeed he would wish to do, as there are considerable errors. Copy, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadalphia. Carey, an...
780Comments on Jews, [n.p., n.d.] (Hamilton Papers)
& progress of the Jews and their from their earliest history to the present time has been & is, intirely out of the ordinary course of human affairs. Is it not then a fair conclusion that the cause also is an extraordinary one —in other words that it is the effect of some great providential plan? The man who will draw this Conclusion will look for the solution in the Bible. He who will not...