To Alexander Hamilton from Stephen Van Rensselaer, 7 December 1791

From Stephen Van Rensselaer1

Albany December 7 1791

Dear Sir

At the request of several officers of our late Army, I transmit you the enclosed Memorandum. If any provision is made for such cases you will oblige me by informing me. Mrs. Rensselaer joins in love to you & Mrs. Hamilton.

I am D Sir Your Hum Sert

Stephen Van Rensselaer

ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress[@LOC].

1. Van Rensselaer was a member of the New York Assembly in 1789 and 1790, and served in the state Senate from 1791 to 1795. In 1783 he had married Margaret (or Margarita) Schuyler, Elizabeth Hamilton’s sister.

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Title: To Alexander Hamilton from Stephen Van Rensselaer, 7 December 1791
Author: Van Rensselaer, Stephen
Recipient: Hamilton, Alexander
Date: 7 December 1791

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Cite as: “To Alexander Hamilton from Stephen Van Rensselaer, 7 December 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-10-02-0007-0001. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 10, December 1791 – January 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1966, p. 347.]

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