- 1012
Alexander Hamilton
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- Autograph letter to Elizabeth Schuyler, anticipating "the happy period of our restoration to each other"
- Paper, ink
One page (8 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.; 209 x 207 mm) on a bifolium, “Robinson’s Farm” [Highlands (present-day Garrison), New York, opposite West Point], 31 July 1780; Hamilton’s signature neatly clipped out with resultant loss, as well as a large loss to the integral leaf, restored, lightly stained. Tipped to a larger sheet.
Literature
The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, ed. Syrett, 2:370–371
Condition
One page (8 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.; 209 x 207 mm) on a bifolium, "Robinson's Farm" [New York, near West Point], 31 July 1780; Hamilton's signature neatly clipped out with resultant loss, as well as a large loss to the integral leaf, restored, lightly stained. Tipped to a larger sheet.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
His letter of 20 July (see previous lot) having prompted a flurry of correspondence from Eliza, Hamilton sends a brief note of love and gratitude: "Here we are my Betsey on our way to New York. I hope we shall take it and hasten the happy period of our restoration to each other. Have no fears for me; for I can and will take care of myself.
"Since my last I have received three letters from you, the sweetest ever dictated by a fond heart. Banish your uneasiness my love; I discard for ever, every idea injurious to your tenderness which every thing convinces me is without an equal but in mine. I have no time to indulge my heart by dwelling on those assurances which it delights to be ever giving you of its admiration, of its esteem of its love. My life shall be a continued proof of [my] unbounded affection. …"
A postscript adds Hamilton's perhaps muted thanks for the Eliza's gift of some formal neckwear: "I have received the stocks and thank my dearest for her kind attention."