Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Vicomte de Noailles, 10–25 December 1781

From Vicomte de Noailles

[Boston, December 10–25,1 1781. In a letter written in April, May, or June, 1782, Hamilton wrote De Noailles of his pleasure “at receiving, after an inexplicable delay, the letter you were so obliging as to write me before your departure from Boston.” Letter not found.]

1. Louis Marie, Vicomte de Noailles, arrived in Boston on December 10, 1781, and sailed with Lafayette and other French officers on December 25, 1781, on the Alliance. Some time during his stay in Boston this letter was written.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Vicomte de Noailles, 10–25 December 1781
    Author
    Noailles, Vicomte de
    Recipient
    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    25 December 1781

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Vicomte de Noailles, 10–25 December 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-1203. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 683.]

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