Letters, 1879-1880.

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Letters, 1879-1880.

1879-1880

Letters from Philip and Schuyler Hamilton, 1879-1880, to Lyman Copeland Draper of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin containing biographical information on General William S. Hamilton.

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Hamilton, Philip, 1802-1884

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Philip Hamilton was the youngest child of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton and Alexander Hamilton. He was named in memory of his oldest brother, also Philip Hamilton. The older Philip was killed in a duel. Hamilton practiced law in New York, and served as an assistant United States Attorney during the 1830s under his older brother James Alexander Hamilton. An abolitionist, Hamilton assisted the Underground Railroad in the escape of at least one slave by concealing the fugitive in his cellar until he ...

Hamilton, Schuyler, 1822-1903

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Hamilton was born on July 22, 1822 in New York City. He was the fifth of 14 children born to John Church Hamilton (1792–1882) and Maria Eliza van den Heuvel. His paternal grandparents were Alexander Hamilton (1755/7–1804), a Founding Father of the United States, and Elizabeth Schuyler (1757–1854). His maternal grandfather was Baron John Cornelius van den Heuvel, the one-time governor of Dutch Guiana. Through his sister, Elizabeth Hamilton (1831–1884), he was the brother-in-law of Gen. Henry Hall...

Hamilton, William S., 1797- .

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