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HAMILTON, Alexander (1757-1804). Autograph letter signed ("A. Hamilton"), TO HIS WIFE ELIZABETH HAMILTON (1757-1854), 13 March 1801. 1 page, 4to, autograph integral address leaf.
BRACING FOR AN IMPENDING TRAGEDY, Hamilton writes a note to his wife about the impending death of Eliza's sister, Margaret Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1758-1801). "For these three days past we have been expecting almost momently the death of poor Margaret. She still lives. It will give you pleasure to know that she has taken the Sacrament and that her mind is composed and resigned. As soon as the event is decided I return. You will easily imagine that in the state of things I can hardly speak to anybody about the grass-cuttings. But I will leave the matter in charge with your sister Angelica. Ten thousand blessings upon you and your dear Children." Margaret died within days of this letter. The wife of Stephen Van Rensselaer, she and her husband were frequent guests at the Hamilton's home, and socialized with Washington and other political luminaries of the early republic. This tragedy came on the heels of the bitterly contested presidential election between Jefferson and Hamilton's hated rival Aaron Burr.
BRACING FOR AN IMPENDING TRAGEDY, Hamilton writes a note to his wife about the impending death of Eliza's sister, Margaret Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1758-1801). "For these three days past we have been expecting almost momently the death of poor Margaret. She still lives. It will give you pleasure to know that she has taken the Sacrament and that her mind is composed and resigned. As soon as the event is decided I return. You will easily imagine that in the state of things I can hardly speak to anybody about the grass-cuttings. But I will leave the matter in charge with your sister Angelica. Ten thousand blessings upon you and your dear Children." Margaret died within days of this letter. The wife of Stephen Van Rensselaer, she and her husband were frequent guests at the Hamilton's home, and socialized with Washington and other political luminaries of the early republic. This tragedy came on the heels of the bitterly contested presidential election between Jefferson and Hamilton's hated rival Aaron Burr.