Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Eliphalet Pearson, [10 September 1791]

From Eliphalet Pearson1

[Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 10, 1791]

Sir,

I feel myself happy in the honor of acquainting a gentleman of Mr. Hamilton’s merited distinction that the American Academy of Arts & Sciences has elected him a Fellow; of which the instrument, herewith transmitted, is a Certificate executed in the usual form.2

With sentiments of highest esteem, I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient &   very humble servant,

Eliphalet Pearson
Correspg. Secretary.

Cambridge 10 Septr. 1791.

ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Pearson was Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages at Harvard College.

2. See “Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,” August 24, 1791.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Eliphalet Pearson, [10 September 1791]
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    10 September 1791

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Eliphalet Pearson, [10 September 1791],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-09-02-0153. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 9, August 1791 – December 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1965, pp. 196–197.]

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