Letter from Alexander Hamilton III to George Lee Schuyler

Letter

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Letter from Alexander Hamilton III to George Lee Schuyler

Entry/Object ID

HHV 005.75

Tags

Accessioned object

Description

Letter from Alexander Hamilton III to George Lee Schuyler

Subject

Friend from Spain, roll of music, Austin and Berg in Madrid, skirmishes and disturbances increase, insurgents defeated at Saragossa with many casualties, French steamers established from Cherbourg, slow mails in Spain

Subject Person/Organization

Alexander Hamilton III, George Lee Schuyler

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Nevis, New York, France, Russia, Egypt, Syria, Baltimore, MD, Zaragoza, Spain, Madrid, Spain, Bayonne, France

Collection

Hamilton Collection

Cataloged By

Tara R. Iacobellis

Category

Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Letter Details

Letter Date

Jun 12, 1843

Sender

Name

Alex’r Hamilton

Address

G. L. Schuyler Esq. New York

Addressee

Name

G. L. Schuyler Esq.

Primary Language

English

Transcription

Transcription

[BLUE INK - LATER WRITING] Introducing Mr Ames [START - black ink] Madrid June 12th 1843. My dear George: This note will be handed / to you, I suppose about the middle of / August, by my friend and fellow traveller, / Mr. Ames, who has also kindly taken / charge of a roll of music for Nevis : / You will be able to learn from him all / the particulars of the manner of life, we / lead in our exile here, and should his / stay in the city afford you an opportunity / it will give you pleasure, I am satisfied, / to shew him any attention in your / power : Within a few days we have / [END OF PAGE 1] Had a very favourable specimen of our / Countrymen in the person of a Mr. Eaton / of Baltimore, who is on his way home thro’ / France, after an extended tour of four / years in Russia-Egypt-Syria +c. _ Mr. Austin, the husband that was / of Bone’s pretty friend Miss Elwell, and / a Mr. Berg, both from Gotham, are / expected here tomorrow or the next day The disturbances seem to increase / and spread in spite of the hot weather : / In the South, they appeared to be nearly / over, when they broke out in the north : / At Saragossa there has been a sharp / skirmish in the Streets, wherein the Insur - / gents were defeated, with a loss of / [END OF PAGE 2] Several killed and wounded _ I am looking with interest to the / establishment of the French steamers form / Cherbourg, which I hope will bring Madrid / and New York a little nearer to each other; / the greatest delay takes place of course in / Spain, where they seem destined always to / be about a hundred years behind the / rest of the world : From this city to Bayonne, / about 400 miles, the mail requires three / days, and this route is the best in the / Kingdom _ Judge from this, of the rest : Yours affectionately Alex’r Hamilton G. L. Schuyler Esq. New York [ADDRESS]

Transcriber

Kathryn Alexander

Language

English

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Former Number

Other Number

H 910

Created By

tiacobellis@hudsonvalley.org

Create Date

July 31, 2024

Updated By

cmonaco@hudsonvalley.org

Update Date

October 17, 2025