Name/Title
Letter from Alexander Hamilton III to George Schuyler, Esq.Entry/Object ID
HHV 005.12Tags
Curator Approved, Accessioned objectDescription
Letter from Alexander Hamilton III to George Schuyler, Esq.Subject
Masked Balls, Carnival (Mardi Gras), death of Mr. Robinson at NewarkSubject Person/Organization
Alexander Hamilton III, George Schuyler, Mary Morris Hamilton SchuylerSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Newark, NJ, New York, Madrid, SpainCollection
Hamilton CollectionCataloged By
Tara R. IacobellisCategory
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts
Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
J.C. HamiltonNotes
J.C. Hamilton : Donor
Credit Line: J.C. HamiltonLetter Details
Letter Date
Jan 23, 1843Postmark
Date and Time of Postmark
[POSTMARK RED: NEW YORK FEB 21]Stamp
[RED WAX SEAL]Sender
Name
A. H.Address
[Gl.?] Schuyler Esq.
New York
Care of Mr John Miller
Lo???
George [S.?] Schuyler Esq.
13, Laight Street
New York
U.S.Addressee
Name
George S. Schuyler Esq.Transcription
Transcription
Madrid Monday Eve.
Jan.y 23d 1843
My dear G:
As I hope and expect that our dear girls are enjoying / themselves in New York when these letters arrive, I enclose you/ one for Molly _ I wrote you a long letter some days since by / this same packet, and have not heard from home in the interval: / I am not a little impatient as you will see to hear of your / movements _
For myself I have not led so quiet a life for a long / time, and I believe if I were now suddenly transported to New York, / I should be bewildered with the confusion and bustle around me _ / When the Masked Balls begin in about ten days. The fun as the / Jackass said commences in good earnest and the population runs riot / during the rest of the carneval _ There is to be shortly a splendid / ‘bal costume’ for which divers swarthy Spaniards are preparing to / figure as Scotchmen! In bare legs +c. What an exhibit it will be: / It has been decided among the diplomatic personages that is [“infra / diz”?] for them to appear in any other character, so we shall be saved / the trouble of this masquerading:
I saw in a paper the other day the death of Mr. Robinson / at Newark: Is this your old friend + assistant “The Sheriff”?
Commend me to all my old cronies at the club and / elsewhere _
My best love to Aunt Eliza + Robert.
Yours ever
A.H.
[Gl.?] Schuyler Esq.
New York
Care of Mr John Miller
Lo???
George [S.?] Schuyler Esq.
13, Laight Street
New York
U.S.
[POSTMARK RED: NEW YORK FEB 21]
[RED WAX SEAL]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
EnglishOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Former NumberOther Number
H 345General Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Condition: GoodCreated By
CHannanCreate Date
February 29, 2024Updated By
cmonaco@hudsonvalley.orgUpdate Date
September 29, 2025
