From Alexander Hamilton to John Rutherfurd, [4 March 1793–31 January 1795]

To John Rutherfurd

[Philadelphia, March 4, 1793–January 31, 1795]

Dr. Sir

I called at your Quarters a while ago to ask you to take with two or three friends a family Dinner with me to day.

A word in answer by the bearer will oblige.

Yrs

A Hamilton

Will you tell Mr. Frelinghuyssen1 that if he will be of the party I shall esteem it a favour.

ALS, anonymous donor.

1. Frederick Frelinghuysen, a lawyer and a member of the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1782, was a United States Senator from New Jersey.

Source Project: Hamilton Papers
Title: From Alexander Hamilton to John Rutherfurd, [4 March 1793–31 January 1795]
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Rutherfurd, John
Date: 4 March 1793 – 31 January 1795

Cite as: “From Alexander Hamilton to John Rutherfurd, [4 March 1793–31 January 1795],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0002-0377. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 26, 1 May 1802 – 23 October 1804, Additional Documents 1774–1799, Addenda and Errata, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1979, p. 696.]