Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Henry Vandyke, 18 September 1792

From Henry Vandyke1

New Brunswick [New Jersey] September 18, 1792. “In consequence of your very obliging favor with which I was honoured in March last2 I have been anxiously expecting to hear from you the result of Mr Bensons3 Application in my favor. Your long silence Alarms my fears and I am apprehensive that all the exertions of my friend have proved unsuccessful. If so, I most devoutly pray the Lord to give me more patient submission under the repeated Strokes of Adversity.…”

ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Vandyke was rector of Christ Episcopal Church in New Brunswick.

2. Letter not found.

3. Presumably Egbert Benson, a member of the House of Representatives from New York.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Henry Vandyke, 18 September 1792
    Author
    Vandyke, Henry
    Recipient
    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    18 September 1792

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Henry Vandyke, 18 September 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-12-02-0297. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 12, July 1792 – October 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967, p. 393.]

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