Letter from Alexander Hamilton III to Mary (Molly) Hamilton

Letter

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Letter from Alexander Hamilton III to Mary (Molly) Hamilton

Entry/Object ID

HHV 005.47

Tags

Accessioned object

Description

Letter from Alexander Hamilton III to Mary (Molly) Hamilton

Subject

Patois, “Junelo”, “Los Toros del puerto”

Subject Person/Organization

Alexander Hamilton III, Mary Morris Hamilton Schuyler, Sebastián de Iradier

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Andalusia, Spain, Barcelona, Spain

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

Jun 13, 1843

Sender

Name

A.H.

Addressee

Name

Miss M. M. H.

Transcription

Transcription

Tuesday Morn’g June 13th I have been making this collec: / tion for you this morning with the / aid of Yradier, who is the best judge, / and composer in the city : The songs you / will see are in a patois or bad Spanish / of Andalusia : They are exceedingly / pretty when sung in the Spanish / manner, particularly “Junelo”, and / “Los Toros del puerto” :- Mad’e Yradier / sand them so sweetly that I was / tempted to buy the whole collection _ / I have heard some of the waltzes / and like them much. The Young Telemachus is off [END OF PAGE 1] At daylight tomorrow, thro’ the / disturbed district to Barcelona, / I hope the Insurgents will properly / respect his official station as / attaché, and bearer of Despatches, / and permit to pass freely _ We are here at present as if in / the midst of a Camp : troops mar: / :ching + countermarching, artillery / travelling about; and extras from / the revolted district crying about / from morning to night _ In the / midst of the row, the summer, has / [END OF PAGE 2] Really commenced, and the heat is to / great that the forced marches and / the fighting must be particularly / disagreeable : We are in the happy expec: / tation of letters by the G. Western / in two or three days. Yours affectionately A.H. I hope this will arrive about the / middle of August : how I should / like to hear these pieces on your / new piano! __ Miss M. M. H. [END OF PAGE 3] [MUSIC] LOS DIABLOS SUELTOS VALS COREADO Del. Mtro. Yradier. [END OF PAGE 4] [MUSIC CONTINUES] [END OF PAGE 5] [MUSIC CONTINUES] [END OF PAGE 6] [MUSIC ENDS] [SIGNATURE - Yradier]

Transcriber

Kathryn Alexander

Language

English

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Former Number

Other Number

H 881 a-b

Parts

Count

1

Location

Notes

Temporary

General Notes

Note Type

Department

Note

Library

Created By

CHannan

Create Date

March 4, 2024

Updated By

cmonaco@hudsonvalley.org

Update Date

October 16, 2025