James A. Hamilton papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 1299", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"1299", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"James A. Hamilton papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1740-1870", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1740/1870"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 linear foot (4 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1740

date_inclusive_end

1870

origination

{"value"=>"Hamilton, James A. (James Alexander), 1788-1878", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>James Alexander Hamilton (1788-1878), the son of Alexander Hamilton, was an American lawyer and politician. He served as United States District Attorney for the Southern District of New York.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of Hamilton's correspondence, ca. 1820-1867, with John Quincy Adams, Horace Binney, Lewis Cass, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Everett, Hamilton Fish, Washington Hunt, Andrew Jackson, W.C. Rivers, Martin Van Buren, and others. Also, deeds and other legal documents, ca. 1740-1870, relating to land in Manhattan and New York State, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere (some material relates to land owned by Trinity Church, N.Y.); legal documents and correspondence, ca. 1829-1832, relating to the court case of Constant Polani v. District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of N.Y.; a manuscript of Hamilton's reminiscences of his father; and miscellaneous documents.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 21M?"}

{"date"=>"1921", "source"=>"Townsend, Mrs. Howard and Mrs. R.P. Carroll", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Townsend, Mrs. Howard and Mrs. R.P. Carroll, 1921"}

langmaterial_code

eng

fre

keydate

1740

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Materials in English and French"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"James A. Hamilton papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"James Alexander Hamilton (1788-1878), the son of Alexander Hamilton, was an American lawyer and politician. He served as United States District Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Collection consists of Hamilton's correspondence, ca. 1820-1867, with John Quincy Adams, Horace Binney, Lewis Cass, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Everett, Hamilton Fish, Washington Hunt, Andrew Jackson, W.C. Rivers, Martin Van Buren, and others. Also, deeds and other legal documents, ca. 1740-1870, relating to land in Manhattan and New York State, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere (some material relates to land owned by Trinity Church, N.Y.); legal documents and correspondence, ca. 1829-1832, relating to the court case of Constant Polani v. District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of N.Y.; a manuscript of Hamilton's reminiscences of his father; and miscellaneous documents.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

1 linear foot (4 boxes)

date_start

1740

date_end

1870

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