Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13402, Alexander Hamilton, Continental N.Y. Res.
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(3-1776)
[Handwritten in pencil and circled] 51 
SERVICE
Continental
Hamilton, Alexander
Elizabeth
NUMBER
W. 13402
B.L. Wt 2279.450
(issued in lieu of lost warrant no 622)
Issued Feb. 20, 1840
CONTENTS
N.Y. res.
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State of New York.
City and County of New York:
Surrogate's Office February 1st 1840
I certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me to prove that Elizabeth Hamilton is the widow and Alexander Hamilton, James A. Hamilton, John C. Hamilton, William S. Hamilton, Angelica Hamilton, Eliza Holly wife of Sidney A. Holly, and Philip Hamilton are the Heirs at Law in fee to Alexander Hamilton who was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Regiments of the Army of the Revolution of the United States.
Given under my hand and seal of office this First day of February 1840.
James Campbell
Surrogate
[Paper seal]
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[illegible left margin cut off] certificates express 1841 and sent to
Hamilton Esq. [illegible]
 
P. Agt Coles Feb 19. 49
C., fr 4 March 1849.
22, 1849

D of Columbia
[New York - crossed out] 1730
Elizabeth Hamilton
wife of Alexander Hamilton, dec.d
NY
who died on the 11th of July, 1804;
of New York Co. in the State of New = York
who was a Capt. of Arty [Artillery] and & Aide de Camp to the commander 
in Chief with the rank of Lieutenant = Colonel in the Revolution. line for 2 years in those capacities.
[certf. worded as above]
Inscribed on the Roll of New = York
at the rate of 600 Dollars - cents, per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of January 1838 and sent to John
C. Hamilton, Esq. New = York.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1837= $3,900
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 M. 1838= 300
$4,200
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 4, 1836,}
{Section the 3rd}
Recorded by S.A. Elliot Clerk
Book A, Vol. 2 Page 110

Duplica
10th [illegible]
Phillip
York
[3 lines illegible]
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No. 622.
Alexander Hamilton.
Lieut. Colonel.
New York Line.
Warrant issued under date
30th July 1813 to "Elizabeth 
"Hamilton, Widow, of the other 
"Heirs at Law"; and delivered
to the Hon.ble [Honorable] Philip Stuart, 
M.C. by virtue of a Substitution
of authority from Thomas
R. Gold Esq.r Att.y in fact 
to Mrs. Hamilton.
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State of New York
City and County of New York
On this twenty seventh day of November 1837
personally appeared before me Samuel Jones Chief Justice of the Superior Court of the State of New York in and for the City and County of
New York. Elizabeth Hamilton a resident of 
the said City aged 79 years who being first
duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Third Section of the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836 -
That She is the widow of Alexander Hamilton deceased, who was a Lieutenant Colonel
in the Army of the United States in virtue of a 
Commission from the Congress of the Confederation bearing date the first day of March 1777.  That her said husband served in the family of General Washington as aid de camp until the Sixteenth day of February 1781, when he resigned his situation as aid, but retained his Commission, and in August
of the same year was appointed to the Command
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of a Corps of Light Infantry, was at the head
of the American party which stormed one of the Redoubts at Yorktown and continued in the Army until the third day of November 1783 about which time he received by a Resolution of Congress a Brevet
as Colonel, having served in a Military Capacity since the 14th day of March 1776 on which day he was commissioned a Captain of Artillery. She further declares that she was married to the said Alexander Hamilton on the 14th of December 1780.  That Her aforesaid Husband died on the 11th of July 1804, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed-
Eliz.th Hamilton [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed on the 
day and year above written before.
J. Jones Chief Justice of the 
Superior Court of the City of New York

I certify that I am well acquainted with Elizabeth Hamilton, and that she is a person entitled to full credit
New York Nov 27th 1837 S Jones
[Black Stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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[Stamped Paper seal partially blocking upper left information]
UN[blocked text] OF AMERICA,}
[blocked text]YORK} ss.

BY THIS PUBLIC INSTRUMENT, BE it known 
on all whom the same doth or may concern, That I, Elijah T Pinckney witness a Public Notary in and for the State of New York, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the State, duly commissioned and sworn; and in and by the said Letters Patent invested "With full Power and Authority to ATTEST Deeds Wills, Testaments, Codicils, Agreements, and other Instruments in Writing; and to administer any Oath or Oaths, to any Person or Persons; " DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that on the
day of the date hereof Before me personally came and appeared Mrs. Elizabeth
Hamilton of the City and state aforesaid, who being by me duly sworn saith that she is the Widow and Representative of Alexander Hamilton deceased and that the said Alexander Hamilton never did receive in his lifetime to the best of her knowledge or belief any Bounty or Military Lands from the 
United States in consideration of his Military services during the late Revolutionary War, nor any compensation in Lieu of the same, nor
this deponent since his death -
E Hamilton

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Notary, have subscribed these presents, and I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office, the Twelfth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen and of the Independence thirty
E T Pinckney
[Illegible]
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1780 
Decbr 14 Richard Lush & Lyntje Fonda
           Colonel _ Hamilton & Elisabeth Schuyler
            17 Johs Shultes & Margareta Jacobs.

I Jno R Blucker, certify that the 
above extract, is a true copy of the Record
of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church
in the City of Albany.
Jno. R. Blucker [signature]

I. Jno R Blucker above named depose 
and say that I hold the office of an 
Elder and Church Master of the Reformed
Protestant Dutch Church in the City
of Albany; and that the above is a true
extract from the Records of said Church
Jno R. Blucker [signature]

Subscribed and Sworn this 13th day of January [illegible]
Before me 
C B Lansing
Com [illegible]
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State of New=York,}
City and County of Albany, Clerk's Office,} ss.
I, Henry B. Haswell, clerk of the said city                                                           and county, do hereby Certify, that Charles B. 
Lansing Esq - whose name is subscribed to the                                                            certificate of proof [or acknowledgement -blacked out] of the instrument in writing and endorsed thereon, was at the time of taking such proof [of acknowledgement -blacked out] [paper seal blocking some text]                         Commissioner in and for the county aforesaid, dwelling in the said [blocked text]unty, and duly authorized to take the same: And that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate or proof [of acknowledgement -blacked out] is genuine. 
 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, the fifteenth day of January 1838.
H B Haswell Clerk.
                                                                                                     H.B. Haswell --- Clerk.
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from indigence. But in all situations they are to bear [illegible] that she has been to them the most devoted and best of mothers In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand the ninth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred four.....Alexander Hamilton Signed, Sealed published & declared as and for his last Will and Testament in our presence who have subscribed the same in his presence the words "John B. Church" being above interlined
Dominick T. Blake. Graham Newell. Theo. B. Valleau City and County of New York Ss:  Be it remembered that on the Sixteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four personally cam and
appeared before me Silvanus Miller Surrogate of said County Dominick T. Blake of the City of New York, Esquire, and Theodorus B. Valleau of said City Gentleman, who being duly sworn on their oaths declared that they heard Alexander Hamilton publish and declare an Instrument [illegible] purporting to be the will of the said Alexander [illegible two words] ninth day of July instant the preceding whereof is a [illegible - true] copy that at the time thereof he the said Alexander was of sound disposing mind and memory to the best of the knowledge and belief of them the deponents that their names subscribed to the said Will as witnesses are of their own proper hands writing respectively which they subscribed as witnesses thereto in the presence of the Testator
Silvanus Miller
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In the Name of God Amen, 
I Alexander Hamilton of the City of New York
Counsellor at Law Do make this my last will and Testament as follows.  First, I appoint John B. Church Nicholas Fish and Nathaniel Pendleton of the City aforesaid Esquires, to be Executors and Trustees of this my will and I devise to them their liens and assigns as Joint tenants and not as Tenants in common all my Estate real and personal whatsoever and wheresoever upon Trust at their discretion to sell and dispose of the same at such time and times in such manner and upon such terms 
as the survivors and survivor shall think fit and out of the proceeds to pay all the debts which I shall owe at the time of my decease in whole, if the fund shall be sufficient proportionally, if it shall be insufficient and the residue if any there shall be, to pay and deliver to my Excellent and dear Wife Elizabeth Hamilton. Though if it shall please God to spare my 
life I [illegible -may] look for a considerable surplus our of my present property, yet if he should speedily call me to the eternal world, a forced Sale as is usual may possibly render it insufficient to satisfy my debts.  I pray God that something may remain for the maintenance and Education of my dear Wife
and children.  But should it on the contrary happen that time is not enough for the payment of my debts, I entreat my dear Children if they or any of them shall ever be able to make up the deficiency.  I without hesitation commit it to their delicacy a wish which is dictated by my own.  Though conscious that I have too far sacrificed the Interests of my family to public avocations & on this account have the less claim to burthen my children.  Yet I trust in their magnanimity to appreciate as they ought this my request.  In so unfavourable [sic] an event of things the support of their dear mother with the most respectful and tender attention is a duty all the sacredness of which they will feel.  Probably her own patrimonial resources will preserve her.
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[Vertical Black Stamp]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
[Black Stamp] FREE
[Black Stamp] NEW-YORK Jan 18
[Vertical Handwritten] DH Jan 20
Jn--ab
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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New York Jany 17th 1838
Sir,
I enclose to you the certificate and deposition of Mr. John R. Blucker. Mr. Hermanus Blucker a gentleman well known by frequent personal intercourse [with -crossed out]^ to the Presidents writes me as follows - 
"I have now in vain endeavored to get Mr. Blucker to make the certificate & affidavit according to the printed directions & your form.  I tried to prevail upon him to write
the date in words opposite the name of Richard Lush but he would not nor would he have made the certificate otherwise than it is, had the date stood opposite your fathers
name" - more there & all the other circumstances that my mother was publicly known ^as his wife & resided with my
father in the family of Gen Washington - that as his widow he has been [illegible] recognized   by congress - that it does not appear from the record that there was any date opposite the name of my father.  That of the 14 Dec. being opposite Mr. Lush -That of Dec 17th referring to the [illegible - hro] last names - there being nothing
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to know that she was married on any precise day other than that it took place between the 13th & 14th December. These circumstances would I should suppose satisfy the Law sufficiently satisfy the conscience of the officer
appointed to execute the Law - But of this you are the only & the most competent Judge - 
May I now beg of you the favor to write me at once whether the evidence is [not -crossed out] sufficient for your decision - if it be not [illegible] perceive it is impossible to obtain any better. I will hasten to Washington & take such meatings [sic] there as may be deemed most appropriate to remove the difficulties - I regret to have given you the trouble after many letters and hope the matter [illegible] so now [illegible] you may have no other service to perform than to direct me of the gentlemen in your office to apprise me that the claim is allowed.  
I have the honor to be 
very Respy
yr.  obedt. servt.
John C. Hamilton

James L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
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By virtue of an authority from
Elisabeth Hamilton of the City of New York
(Widow of the late Alexander Hamilton
deceased & Executor of his will) I do 
hereby authorize Morris S. Miller & Philip Stuart, or either of them, to demand & receive from the Department of War of the Government of the United States, a warrant or warrants for the military cond [sic] which the said Alexander Hamilton was intitled [sic] to for his services in the late Revolutionary War with Great Britain^ & to receipt therefore.
Witness my [hand]
Tho. R. Gold
With power of substitution.
& seal this 15th day of July 1813
Witness - Theo W. Sill
[paper seal]
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[Black Stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
[Vertical handwritten]
Tho R. Gold 
to Morris S. Miller
or Philip Stuart
Power of atty
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The Honorable
Thomas R. Gold
[Black Stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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Know all Men by these Presents, 
THAT I Elizabeth Hamilton of the City and State of New York Relict and Representative of the late General Alexander Hamilton deceased
have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint Thomas R. Gold of the State aforesaid Counsellor at Law my true and lawful Attorney for me and my name, place and stead, to
ask demand and receive from the Office of the Secretary of War, letters Patent for all bounty and Military Lands, which the said Alexander Hamilton became entitled to in his lifetime from the United States, by virtue of his
Military services, during the late Revolutionary War, between the United States aforesaid, and Great Britain and Ireland, now called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.  And also to take receive and recover for me and my name and stead from said office a such place where Letters Patent are granted for Military services, all such lands as
belong to the Estate of the said General Alexander Hamilton deceased giving and granting unto my said Attorney my full and whole power and authority, in about the
premises; and generally all and every Act and Acts, Things, Device and Devices, in the law whatsoever needful and necessary to be done in and about the premises, for me and my name, to do, execute and perform, as largely and amply to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if I was personally present; and an Attorney or Attornies [sic] under him for the purposes aforesaid, to make and substitute; hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.  In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the [illegible]
Twelfth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen.
E. Hamilton [signature]
SEALED AND DELIVERED
IN THE PRESENCE OF 
D.T. Blake [signature]
STATE OF NEW YORK, ss.
Be it known, That on the thirteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen before
me, Elijah T. Pinkney a PUBLIC NOTARY for the state of New York, duly commissioned and sworn, came Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton above named and acknowledged the above
Letter of Attorney to be her act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my Seal of Office, the day and year above written.
E. J. Pinkney [signature] [illegible]
[Paper seal]
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United States of America
City and State of New York Ss;
This is to certify that I am personally
acquainted with Elizabeth Hamilton, whose name is subscribed
to the annexed Letter or Power of Attorney, and that she is
the Relict and Representative of General Alexander Hamilton
deceased, whose will is hereunto annexed-
B: Livingston
New York January 1813
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[Printed form with handwritten entries]

(8-1776)

51 [circled]

SERVICE

[The below is handwritten.]
Continental    Hamilton

[Printed line]

CONTENTS

[Stamped letters, perhaps bleeding through from other side. They are backward, but would read as below on the other side.]

AN

TR
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Alexander
Elizabeth 
Number
W. 13402 
B.L. Wt 2279.450
(issued in lieu of lost warrant no 622.)
Issued Feb. 20, 1840
N.Y. res.
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V2972
Elizabeth Hamilton
widow of Alexander
N.Y.
[admd]
2 years. Capt. Artillery and
Aid De Camp to the Commander in Chief with 
the rank of Lieut. Col
[600$]
[Jno.] C. Hamilton
New York
[Vertical Black Stamp]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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I Charles A. Clinton clerk of the Superior court
of the City of New York do hereby certify that Samuel Jones whose name is subscribed above is 
chief justice of the Superior Court of the 
city of New York (the said court being a court
of record having a clerk and a seal) and
that the same is in due from as by law
prescribed.  I witness whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name and 
affixed the seal of the said 
court the fourth day of December 
1837
C.A. Clinton  clerk
[Paper Seal]
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Alexander Hamilton
No. 2279
Issued in pursuance of the Special 
Act of Congress approved
March 3, 1839, and in lieu of 
lost warrant M:622
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Department of War
Bounty Land office 
April 10th 1839
Sir
Yours of the 4th inst. addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, was referred to this office yesterday, and in reply have to
observe that, in pursuance of the Act of the late Congress, referred to in your letter, a copy of which (in pencil) is herewith sent, it will
be perceived that the land warrant directed to be issued by that Act must be in favour [sic] of the Widow, and the other heirs at law, of Alex. Hamilton, decd. it is therefore necessary that, the names of the "other heirs at law" should be designated, and for this purpose I herewith send you a form for proof of heirship required in the case, which, when executed and returned to this Department, a Warrant will issue, and the same be transmitted according to such instructions as may be given.
Very Respectly. Yr. ob. st
Wm. Gordon
Philip Hamilton Esq
New York
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War Dept
Pen: off.
Dec 8, 37
Sir
The claim of Mrs. Elizabeth
Hamilton widow of the late Alexander
Hamilton Lt. Col and Aide de Camp to the
Commander in Chief in the Revolutionary war
has been examined and her papers 
placed in our files.
The service of her deceased husband is a matter of [blacked out] record & of history and therefore no demand will be made in relation to his service which under other circumstances the regulations would require.
But the evidence required by the regulations in relation to the date of the marriage should be furnished. The family Register or thee copy of the church records would be the most 
satisfactory.
John C. Hamilton Esq
New York
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(Private no. 114)
An act for the relief of the widow and other heirs of Alex. Hamilton

Be it enacted &c: that the Secretary of War cause to be issued to Elizabeth Hamilton, Widow, and the other heirs at law of Alexander Hamilton, who was a Lt. Colonel in the Revolutionary Army, 
a bounty land warrant for 450 acres of land in lieu of a Warrant for a like quantity issued in the name of said Widow and heirs the 30th July 1813, and numbered 622. and which said last mentioned Warrant never has been surrendered to the General Land Office for the purpose of being satisfied, but as represented to have been lost or mislaid - 
approved March 3d, 1839
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[Sun shaped Paper Seal]
The people of the State of New=York,
BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT.
To all to whom these Presents shall come or may concern,
Send Greeting:
Know Ye, That the annexed is a true copy of the will and proof thereof and of the Letters
Testamentary thereon granted of Alexander Hamilton deceased as recorded in the Office of our Surrogate, in and for the City and County of New-York.  In Testimony whereof, We have caused the Seal of Office
of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed.
WITNESS Silvanus Miller Esquire,
Surrogate of said County, at the City of New - York, the Eleventh
day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen _ and of our Independence the thirty-seventh.
Silvanus Miller [signature]
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Pension Office New York City
New York 20 Sept 1849
Dr. Sir
In reply to yours of the 19th inst Elizabeth
Hamilton widow of Alexander Hamilton under
Act 7 July 1836 had been paid up to 4 March 49
Respects
Your Obdt. Servt.
Benj. S. Hart
Pension Agent
[illegible] [illegible]

Mr James L. Edwards Esq:
Commiss of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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New York Dec. 25, 1837
Sir,

I beg leave to enclose to you the required evidence of my mothers marriage.

Her advanced age will excuse my expressing a
desire that she who is familiar with the origin of this Government may participate in the tribute paid to Revolutionary Service.

May I beg of you to inform me of your decision upon it, of the amount of the arrears to which she is entitled and to direct that a power of attorney such as your regulations ^require may be transmitted to me to be
executed by her-
I have the Honor to be
very Respy.
yr. obedt. servt.
John C Hamilton

Jas. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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New York March 3d 1840
Sir
Your letter of the 29 Ulto. was this moment recd, transmitting land warrant
no 2279, bearing date on the 20th Feby 1840, for four Hundred & fifty acres of land, in
the stead of former warrant returned
by one to your office on the 26 ulto., which
was defective owing to an accidental
omission of the name of Alexr Hamilton
one of the heirs of Col Alexr Hamilton
decd.
In acknowledging the receipt of this warrant permit me to return you my thanks for your very prompt attention to the subject
with great respect
Your obt sert.
Phil: Hamilton

To Wm Gordon Eq
Bounty Land Office
Washington
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New York March 3d 1841
Sir
By reason of the loss of Mrs. Elizabeth
Hamilton's (my mother's) pension certificate
she has been unable to draw her pension for the last year due on the [illegible] inst.
I herewith forward the requisite proof
of loss, and [illegible] and request you to 
forward a certificate to replace that
which is lost.
With great respect
Your obt svt
Philip Hamilton

J.L. Edwards
Pension Commissioner
Washington

Please address the certificate
to me at this city
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New York Dec. 4th 1837
James L. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
Your very prompt reply to 
my enquiries demands my acknowledgements.
I beg to call your attention to the enclosed
papers - They embrace the claim of my mother & I
am informed that she is entitled not only to a pension
in the residue of her life but also to [twenty] six
years arrears.
Should any further vouchers be requisite I 
will transmit them & if any doubts arise as to the
extent of the arrears or the basis of the claim I will
make a visit to the Capital.
I will be indebted to you for a reply in the course
of your official business -
very Respty yrs.
Jno C Hamilton
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Hamilton, Alexander
W13402
Exemplified Copy of the 
Proof etc of
Alexander Hamilton
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The People of the State of New-York,
by the Grace of God, Free and Independent:
To all to whom these Presents shall come, or may concern,
Send Greeting:
Know ye, That at the City and County of New-York, on the day of
the date hereof......
before Silvanus Miller Esquire, Surrogate of our said County, the
last Will and Testament of Alexander Hamilton deceased, (a Copy
whereof is hereunto annexed) was proved, and is now approved and allowed by us;
and the said deceased, having, whilst he lived, and at the time of his death, goods,
chattels, or credits, within this State, by means whereof the proving and registering
the said Will, and the granting Administration of all and singular the said goods,
chattels, and credits, and also the auditing, allowing, and final discharging the 
account thereof, doth belong unto us; the Administration of all and singular the 
goods, chattels, and credits, of the said deceased, and any way concerning his
Will, is granted unto John B. Church, Nicholas Fish and 
Nathaniel Pendleton the _______________
____________________________________
Executors in the said Will named, they __ being first duly sworn, well and
faithfully to administer the same, and to make and exhibit a true and perfect Inventory
of all and singular the said goods, chattels, and credits, and also to render a just and
true account thereof, when thereunto required.  In testimony whereof, we have
caused the seal of Office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed.
Witness, Silvanus Miller Esquire, Surrogate of the said
County, at the City of New-York, the Sixteenth day of July
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four and of our
Independence, the twenty ninth.
Silvanus Miller
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Washington
Sept 19th 1849
To 
James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
Mrs. Hamilton, widow of Genl. 
Alexander Hamilton, who has herewith
been paid her pension in New York,
having now fixed her residence at
Washington, desires to have her pension
paid here for the future.
Will you have the goodness to give 
the necessary orders & MO
your very obt
J.M. Cartis
atty for 
Mrs. Hamilton

New York Role, 
act 4 July 36  No 1730


[left side of letter]
June 14/49
W. Cole - let
[illegible] transfer be
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Feb 5 - 1813
Washington
D Sirs, 
I cover you papers
to obtain Genl Hamilton's Bounty
-  land for Military Services.
The warrant may be issued
to the Executors & Devisees
or to Mrs. Hamilton, their debts
being paid by a Compy [Company] of 
Gentm[Gentlemen] in N York. Genl
Hamilton never received his 
land.  The State of New York
at the last Session of the Legislature, granted Mrs. Hamilton
the Bounty Land promised
the line of the State serving
during the war.  No one can
be better acquainted with his
merits other than Genl Armstrong
Yours respectfully
Thos. R. Gold

Major Cutting
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Washington 24 Nov 1848
To the Honorable
The Commissioners of the Pension
A Petition is respectfully tendered by the subscriber as the Representative of Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, the widow of General Alexander Hamilton, of the American
Revolutionary Army, for the payment of the differences of Pension between officers of the staff and those of the  Line.
Reference is made to the "Life of Hamilton",
The Lives of Washington, The Histories of the Revolution and the general notoriety of his service as Confidential Aid to General Washington during nearly the whole 
of the war.  Also as Aid to Genl Schuyler.
respectfully submitted
Th. L. Thurston
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Washington 24 Nov 1848
To the Honorable
The Commissioners of the Pension
A Petition is respectfully tendered by the subscriber as the Representative of Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, the widow of General Alexander Hamilton, of the American
Revolutionary Army, for the payment of the differences of Pension between officers of the staff and those of the  Line.
Reference is made to the "Life of Hamilton",
The Lives of Washington, The Histories of the Revolution and the general notoriety of his service as Confidential Aid to General Washington during nearly the whole 
of the war.  Also as Aid to Genl Schuyler.
respectfully submitted
Th. L. Thurston
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City & county of New York I Sidney A. Holly of
No 160 St. Marks Place in the city of New York being duly sworn doth depose and say he is the 
son in Law of Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton within
named: That the said Elizabeth Hamilton
is the widow of Alexander Hamilton deceased
and that the said Elizabeth Hamilton is 
the person for whom and in whom [illegible]
a pension certificate was paid under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War 
and to which by Law she was entitled for
the services of her Husband as an officer
of the army of the revolution and [illegible]
[illegible] [illegible] 
Sidney A. Holly
Sworn before me this 8th day of March 1841
Philip Hamilton
Commissioner of Deeds
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STATE OF NEW-YORK}
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK} ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for the City and County (said Court being a Court of Record) do hereby certify, that Philip Hamilton Esq - before whom the annexed depositions were taken, was a the time of taking the same, a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the City and County, duly appointed and sworn, and authorized to take the same, and that I believe the signatures of said Commissioners thereunto subscribed and genuine. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court and County, the 8th day of March 1841

Nathl Jarvis Clerk
[There is a stamp that is upside down.]

THE
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
OF THE
UNITED STATES
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I, 
and presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New-York, do certify that NATHANIEL JARVIS, whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate; is Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk
of said Court of Common Pleas, duly elected and sworn, and that full faith and credit are due to his official note. I farther certify, that the seal affixed thereto is the seal of the said Court, and that the attestation thereof is in due form of Law.

Dated at New York, the                                                
184
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State of New York}
City of New York} ss.

On this 28th Nov. 1837 personally appeared before me William Popham a Major in the Revolutionary army of the United States who being duly sworn saith that he was intimately acquainted with Alexander Hamilton deceased - that he was Captain of Artillery in 1776.  That he was subsequently appointed an aid De camp of Gen Washington in the year 1777 served until the end of the war with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and died in the year 1804 Thus He is also well acquainted with Elizabeth Hamilton the widow of the said Alexander Hamilton that she married the said Hamilton during the War & has continued his widow until this time -
W. Popham
Subscribed & sworn to before 
me this 28th November 1837
Horatio G. Prell
Notary Public