Alexander Hamilton to Brockholst Livingston, 28 April [1797]

To Brockholst Livingston

[Albany] April 28 [1797]. “The situation of General Schuyler1 & other family circumstances do not permit me to attend Court this day. Will you do me the favour to argue the motion for setting aside the Non suit & granting a new trial on the inclosed case? …”2

ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Philip Schuyler, H’s father-in-law, was ill. See H to Elizabeth Hamilton, April 19, 23, 1797.

2. The case in question was Thomas Gilbert and Francis Farquharson v Jeremiah Hallett (or Hallet). See Goebel, Law Practice description begins Julius Goebel, Jr., and Joseph H. Smith, eds., The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton: Documents and Commentary (New York and London, 1964– ). description ends , II, 25, note 94.

The following entry appears in the minutes of the New York Supreme Court for April 28, 1797:

“Gilbert &
Ferguson
vs.
Hallett

Argument. On Motion to set aside the
nonsuit in this cause, Mr Hamilton for the
Plaintiff and Mr Riggs for Defendant—
Curia Adversari vult.”

(MS Minutes of the New York Supreme Court, 1797–1802 [Court of Appeals, Albany]).

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Title: Alexander Hamilton to Brockholst Livingston, 28 April [1797]
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Livingston, Brockholst
Date: 28 April 1797

Reference

Cite as: “Alexander Hamilton to Brockholst Livingston, 28 April [1797],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-21-02-0031. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 21, April 1797 – July 1798, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1974, p. 58.]

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