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Hamilton, Elizabeth S., 1757-1854 to Elizabeth Ten Broeck Schuyler

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09638.06 Author/Creator: Hamilton, Elizabeth S., 1757-1854 Place Written: New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 May 1837 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 24 x 19.8cm. Order a Copy

Elizabeth writes to her sister in law Elizabeth that she is about to go visit her son William. She wishes Elizabeth and her brother, Rensselear, well and sends a plant, a daphney.

Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler, 1757-1854
Schuyler, Elizabeth Ten Broeck, fl. 1837

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