Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from Marquise de Fleury, March 1800

From Marquise de Fleury1

Paris, March, 1800. States that her husband has committed suicide. Requests Hamilton’s support of her petition to Congress for funds in appreciation of her husband’s services during the American Revolution.

ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. This letter was enclosed in Samuel Dexter to H, October 2, 1800.

For background to this letter, see Marquis de Lafayette to H, March 7, 1800.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from Marquise de Fleury, March 1800
    Author
    Fleury, Marquise de
    Recipient
    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    March 1800

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from Marquise de Fleury, March 1800,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-24-02-0306. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 24, November 1799 – June 1800, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976, p. 381.]