Hamilton, Alexander, (1755-1804) to Elizabeth Hamilton
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09633 Author/Creator: Hamilton, Alexander, (1755-1804) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 July 1781 Pagination: 3 p. : address ; 30.2 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
A love letter from Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton. In this romantic letter he states, "With no object of sufficient importance to occupy my attention here I am left to feel all the weight of our separation. I pass a great part of my time in company but my dissipations are a very imperfect suspension of my uneasiness. I was cherishing the melancholy pleasure of thinking of the sweets I had left behind and was so long to be deprived of, when a servant from Head Quarters presented me with your letters. I feasted for some time on the sweet effusions of tenderness they contained, and my heart returned every sensation of yours. Alas my Betsey you have divested it of every other pretender and placed your image there as the sole proprietor." He also jokes that she has so monopolized his attention he is "lost to all the public and splendid passions."
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