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Alexander Hamilton documents will be on display at Albany Law

The image above, via Albany Law, is from the letter signed by Hamilton.

A collection of documents related to Alexander Hamilton will be on display to the public at Albany Law May 14-21. The docs are part of the corporate art collection for the bank BNY Mellon. Blurbage:

The collection includes:

+ A letter, signed by Hamilton and dated March 31, 1784, advising a client on the right of ferriage. The letter was dated during the time that Hamilton and others were organizing the Bank of New York (now BNY Mellon).

+ A certificate of subscription to the trust for the benefit of Hamilton's family, issued in 1804, after his death at the hands of Vice President Aaron Burr. Certificates No. 61-62 were issued to John B. Church, husband of Angelica Schuyler and Hamilton's brother-in-law.

+ Trust certificate No. 226, also dated 1804, issued to Washington Morton, husband of Cornelia Schuyler and Hamilton's brother-in-law.

+ An early 19th century $5 bank note, Bank in the City of Albany.

+ An early 19th century $3 bank note, Saratoga County Bank.

The small collection will be on display in the foyer of Albany Law's 1928 Building -- it's the older stone building that fronts the campus at the intersection of New Scotland Ave and Holland Ave.

As you no doubt know by now, Hamilton had many links to Albany. He married Elizabeth Schuyler at the Schuyler Mansion, and he studied and practiced law in Albany. (Aaron Burr also had a law office here.) At its commencement ceremony May 18, Albany Law will be conferring an honorary (posthumous) degree to Hamilton.