Alexander Hamilton’s “Statement of My Property and Debts, with Remarks”, 07/01/1804

On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton was mortally wounded during a duel with Aaron Burr and died the following day, July 12. Believed to be written on July 1, 1804, just days before he died, Hamilton’s statement is an explanation of his financial circumstances “if an accident should happen to me.” Five years after Hamilton’s untimely death, his widow, Elizabeth Hamilton, submitted this statement with a petition to Congress asking for a pension based on her husband’s military service as Lieutenant Colonel in the Revolutionary war.

Source: research.archives.gov

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