Letter from Alexander Hamilton III to George Lee Schuyler

Letter

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Historic Hudson Valley

Cross Lettering

Cross Lettering

Name/Title

Letter from Alexander Hamilton III to George Lee Schuyler

Entry/Object ID

HHV 005.25

Tags

Accessioned object

Description

Letter from Alexander Hamilton III to George Lee Schuyler

Subject

Steamboats, “has a lazy fish on”, “almost as lief”, “long tail blue”*, coach of Queen Isabella, fashion, royal ceremony, french courier, quicksilver, Paulding’s bad behavior, Sir Robert Peel’s speech, Washington/Oregon treaty, “go ahead principle”*, Opera, steamer travel, Spring, asparagus, postage NOTE: *terms linked to minstrel shows, period famous songs, and blackface

Subject Person/Organization

Alexander Hamilton III, George Lee Schuyler, Washington Irving, Isabella II, General Baldomero Espartero, José María Calatrava y Peinado, Philip Paulding, Sir Robert Peel, James Carson Brevoort

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Madrid, Spain, Washington, Oregon, Sicily, Italy, Malta, Naples, Italy

Collection

Hamilton Collection

Cataloged By

Tara R. Iacobellis

Category

Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

J.C. Hamilton

Notes

J.C. Hamilton : Donor Credit Line: Source: J. C. Hamilton

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Letter Details

Letter Date

Apr 3, 1843

Sender

Name

A.H.

Addressee

Name

G

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Former Number

Other Number

H 383

Parts

Count

1

Location

Notes

Temporary

General Notes

Note Type

Department

Note

Library

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Condition: Good

Created By

CHannan

Create Date

March 4, 2024

Updated By

cmonaco@hudsonvalley.org

Update Date

September 29, 2025