Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Peter Van Gaasbeck, [n.p., n.d.]

To Peter Van Gaasbeck1

[n.p., n.d.]

Dr Sir

I learn with great pleasure the intelligence contained in your private letter.2 I hope the good sense of our state will every day give new triumphs to good men & good measures.

With esteem & regard   Yr Obed ser

A Hamilton

P. V. Gaasbeck Esq

ALS, Lloyd W. Smith Collection, Morristown National Historical Park, Morristown, New Jersey.

1. Van Gaasbeck, a merchant in Kingston, New York, was a member of the House of Representatives from 1793 to 1795. He died in 1797.

2. Letter not found.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Peter Van Gaasbeck, [n.p., n.d.]
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Van Gaasbeck, Peter

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Peter Van Gaasbeck, [n.p., n.d.],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0003-0019. [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, pp. 781–782.]