Name/Title
Letter from Robert Troup to Alexander HamiltonEntry/Object ID
HHV 007.11Description
Letter from Robert Troup to Alexander HamiltonSubject
Panic of 1792, public rage, resentment, lawyer, B.L., public credit, public welfare, affairs, Prison, Holders of engagements, signature of the subscriberSubject Person/Organization
Robert Troup, Alexander Hamilton, William Duer (1743-1799), Henry Brockholst LivingstonSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Philadelphia, PA, New YorkCollection
Duer Manuscript CollectionTranscription
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[IN PENCIL, LATER]
Reversed / sympathies with Duer distress / not [unrecovered]
My dear friend
Things here are in a calamitous / state _ My heart is nearly broken with the dis- / tresses of our friend Duer_ Read the / enclosed & judge what my feelings / must be from your own_ Great pains / have been taken to excite the public / rage agt. him & his friends _ Amongst / others I have been marked out as an / object of resentment _ for being one of / Duer’s [inserted: his] Lawyers_ It is true I am so— / but I have done nothing but what / a sincere friend & an honest man / ought to do_ But no considerations / will influence me to desert him / in the present hour of his deep dis- / tress _ I shall however take care to / engage in nothing that will be unbecoming / the respect every mans owes himself. / B. L——n & some others are trium - / phing over this unfortunate Man’s / distress [END OF PAGE 1]
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and they are preying upon the vitals / of public credit by every artifice & com - / bination that can be devised to / depress stocks_ I am obliged to aban- / don these men as devoid of every / sentiment which humanity inspires _ / _ and at a future time you will shudder / at the tale of perfidy which I shall / unfold to you _ / Indeed my dear friend I am / frantic with the pangs I feel for the pub - / lic welfare and for the honor & happiness / of our friend. I hope for a favorable / change but at present shadows / clouds & darkness rest upon the / prospect of it _ No Man’s affairs / could be more complex & deranged / _ & few men’s more extensive _ / I have no connexion with him but what / is dictated by friendship & benevolence / _ God prosper you _ & let me entreat / you
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to send me the consolation of / your friendship _ In haste & in distraction / I am, My dear friend, YoursRob Troup /A Hamilton Esqr /Saturday afternoon 24 March 1792
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[ADDRESS] [SEE ENCLOSED DOCUMENT “To the HOLDERS of ENGAGEMENTS under / the Signature of the Subscriber” by William Duer, from New-York Prison, March 24, 1792] [Unrecovered] Private Alexander Hamilton Esq./Philadelphia
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