1To Alexander Hamilton from Edward Stevens, 23 December 1777 (Hamilton Papers)
Tho’ I have written you so repeatedly since my Arrival in Scotland, without having ever received an Answer, and ‘tho’ I am, at present, uncertain whether you have escaped those Dangers, to which you have been so long exposed in Defence of the glorious Cause in wh: you are engaged; yet so anxious am I to hear Something concerning you, and to convince you that I still retain the most sincere and...
2To Alexander Hamilton from Edward Stevens, 8 May 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Comment vous portez vous? & comment vous êtes vous porté depuis que je n’ai eu le plasir de vous voir? Si vous êtes en bonne santé tout est bien avec vous; j’en suis sûre. Qui pourrait avoir imaginé mon Ami qu’un homme de votre grandeur , de votre délicatesse de constitution, & de votre tranquillité aurait brillé tant, & en si peu de tems, dans le Champ de Mars, que vous l’avez fait. Je vous...
3To Alexander Hamilton from Edward Stevens, [5 October 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
The Bearer of this Letter, Mr. Jasper Parsons intends visiting the united States with his Lady and Family to spend the Winter Months in an agreeable Manner, & restore his Health which has been slightly impaired. This Gentleman & his Lady are such respectable Characters, are so universally esteemed in this Island & have excited in my Mind so sincere a Regard for them, that I feel very much...
4To Alexander Hamilton from Edward Stevens, [7 May 1796] (Hamilton Papers)
Almost ever since your Departure I have been confined to my Chamber by a severe and obstinate Catarrh. Tho’ much better, at present, my Health is still so much deranged, that I dread encountering the Warmth of the Summer Months in this City. I have therefore, determined to take a Voyage to Sea, and as I shall visit St. Croix, before my Return, Mrs. Stevens has concluded to accompany me with...
5To Alexander Hamilton from Edward Stevens, 9 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
It is at the Solicitation of Majr. Wm. Campble that I take ye. liberty of troubling you with this, He informs me he is about to make application to yo. for a deputy Inspectors Place in the Army. I was acquainted with ye. Majr. while he was an Officer in ye. American Army, in the Revolution, and from my General Knowledge of him, I think I can venture to say, should he be fortunate enough to...
6To Alexander Hamilton from Edward Stevens, 9 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Capt. Phillip Lightfoot is a young Gentn. whom I have been acquainted with from a Youth he has been brought up to business, and I think him ready and Clever. He wishes to get a Divisn. Quarter masters place; Should he succeed in it I trust he will fill the appointment with — and Credit, or otherwise I would not trouble — you on the Subject. I am with great Respect Sir Your most hum: Servt. (...