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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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| 21 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [17 … | 1785-03-17 | I have just written to you My beloved by the person who will probably be the bearer of this. Col... |
| 22 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [May … | ≈1786-05-01 | Three or four days since I wrote to My angel by the Post, since which I have received a letter... |
| 23 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [8 … | 1786-09-08 | I wrote to you My beloved Betsey at Philadelphia; but through mistake brought off the letter with... |
| 24 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [21 June … | 1788-06-21 | I thank you My beloved for your letter by the Post. I have time only to tell you that I am well... |
| 25 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [28 May … | 1789-05-28 | I am miserable My beloved angel that I cannot yet come to you; but this abominable business still... |
| 26 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton … | ≈1789-11-01 | I just hear of an opportunity for Albany & sit down to tell you I am well. Mr. Eveleigh is... |
| 27 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [11 … | 1790-09-11 | The Albany post is arrived and not a line from my dear Betsey; though I have reason to believe... |
| 28 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 15 … | 1790-09-15 | You do not hope in vain My very Dear love that I am tired of living alone. I was so the very hour... |
| 29 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 27 July … | 1791-07-27 | I am again My beloved Betsey in the hot City of Philadelphia; but in good health. And you may... |
| 30 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 2 August … | 1791-08-02 | I thank you my beloved Betsey for your letter announcing your safe arrival; but my satisfaction... |
| 31 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 9 August … | 1791-08-09 | I came to this place my beloved Betsy a day or two since to meet some Gentlemen from New York on... |
| 32 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [10 … | 1791-08-10 | This day, my beloved, on my return from Brunswick I received your precious letters of the 31 of... |
| 33 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [12 … | 1791-08-12 | You cannot imagine My beloved Betsey how much I am afflicted at learning by your letter of the... |
| 34 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [17 … | 1791-08-17 | I wrote you two or three times last week. But since my last I have received another letter from... |
| 35 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [21 … | 1791-08-21 | I was made very happy, my beloved Betsey by the receipt of your letter, informing me that one of... |
| 36 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [4 … | 1791-09-04 | I hoped with the strongest assurance to have met you at Eliz Town; but this change of weather has... |
| 37 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 31 July … | 1794-07-31 | I arrived here, My beloved Eliza, yesterday, too late to write by the Post—but am happy to be... |
| 38 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 2 August … | 1794-08-02 | I have had the happiness to receive one letter from my beloved Eliza and I need not tell her how... |
| 39 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 8 August … | 1794-08-08 | I just take up my pen My Dear Eliza to assure you of all our health & of our continual & fervent... |
| 40 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [12 … | 1794-08-12 | Your letters, my beloved Eliza, have been regularly received & I thank you much for your... |
| 41 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 12 … | 1794-08-12 | I wrote to you my beloved Eliza by the post of to day. My heart cannot cease to ach till I hear... |
| 42 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [17 … | 1794-08-17 | I wrote you two or three times last week. But since my last I have received another letter from... |
| 43 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [21 … | 1794-08-21 | Your last letter, My beloved Eliza, gave me inexpressible pleasure. It tells me that my precious... |
| 44 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 10 … | 1794-10-10 | Tomorrow we leave this for Fort Cumberland. We are very strong & the Insurgents are all... |
| 45 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 20 … | 1794-10-20 | I thank you my beloved for your letter of the 14th. I am very sorry that some of my sweet angels... |
| 46 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 25 … | 1796-10-25 | The extreme hurry in which I have been My Dear Eliza since my arrival here has prevented my... |
| 47 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [26 … | 1796-10-26 | I wrote you yesterday by Mr. Rensselaer. Since that I received yours of Friday last which gave me... |
| 48 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [16 … | 1797-04-16 | We arrived here last Evening well and shall proceed immediately on our journey. I forgot my brief... |
| 49 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [19 … | 1797-04-19 | I informed you My Darling by a letter which will go by post of my arrival here in good health and... |
| 50 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [23 … | 1797-04-23 | Lest my Dear Eliza any circumstance should have prevented your departure before this reaches you,... |
| 51 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [19 July … | 1797-07-19 | The affair, My Dearest Eliza, upon which I came here has come to a close. But unavoidable delays... |
| 52 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [21 July … | 1797-07-21 | My avocation here my darling Eliza must detain me beyond the departure of the Mail stage but I... |
| 53 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [12 … | 1797-09-12 | I am arrived here My Dear Eliza in good health but very anxious about my Dear Philip. I pray... |
| 54 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [18–19 … | 1797-09-19 | I have received only one letter from my beloved Eliza since I left the city. I am very anxious to... |
| 55 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [1798] | ≈1798-01-01 | [ 1798 ]. “I am almost ready to abandon every thing & fly to you—But I am so entangled with war &... |
| 56 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [14 … | 1798-01-14 | This moment my Dear Eliza, we descended from the carriage—after a journey, so far, much more... |
| 57 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [1 March … | 1798-03-01 | This, My beloved Eliza, is the third letter I have written to you since I left—but I am still... |
| 58 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 3 June … | 1798-06-03 | I have been extremely uneasy, My beloved Eliza, at the state of health and state of mind in which... |
| 59 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [5 June … | 1798-06-05 | I wrote to you, My beloved Eliza, by the Monday’s Post. You will be glad to hear that your dear... |
| 60 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [8 June … | 1798-06-08 | This is the third time I have written to my love since her departure. I continue to enjoy good... |
| 61 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 22 June … | 1798-06-22 | I believe my beloved that I omitted to write by the last Post thinking it would not find you at... |
| 62 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 9 July … | 1798-07-09 | I arrived here, My Dear Betsey, on Saturday in good health & not much fatigued. But I was... |
| 63 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 9 August … | 1798-08-09 | [ Poughkeepsie, New York, August 9, 1798. On August 9, 1798, Hamilton wrote to his wife : “I have... |
| 64 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 9 August … | 1798-08-09 | I have just written you by the Post. This will be brought by Robert, who from the heat of the sun... |
| 65 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton … | ≈1798-11-01 | I am vexed My Dear Betsey that the blunder of a servant prevented the inclosed from going by the... |
| 66 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 10 … | 1798-11-10 | I wrote to you, My Eliza, from Trenton. Yesterday afternoon I arrived at this place. I have... |
| 67 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [11 … | 1798-11-11 | I have not yet received a line from you since my departure. It is a consolation which my heart... |
| 68 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [19] … | 1798-11-19 | I am always very happy My Dear Eliza when I can steal a few moments to sit down and write to you.... |
| 69 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [2–3 … | 1798-12-03 | I had hoped my very Dear Betsey that I should have had no occasion to write you again from this... |
| 70 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [6 … | 1798-12-06 | I had strongly hoped My very Dear Betsey that our business would have ended this day & that... |