James Alexander Hamilton (1788–1878)
James Alexander Hamilton and Bushrod Washington corresponded regarding Alexander Hamilton's letters to George Washington.
James Alexander Hamilton, the third son of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, was born in New York City on 14 April 1788. Described by biographer Ron Chernow as Alexander Hamilton’s "favorite child," James graduated from Columbia, went into law, and was a militia officer during the War of 1812. He also served under President Andrew Jackson as acting secretary of state (1829) and U.S.
Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton (New York: The Penguin Press, 2004), 203, 726.
James M. Thunder, "James Alexander Hamilton (1788–1878)," Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington (George Washington’s Mount Vernon).
Nora Slonimsky, "James A. Hamilton: Mousetraps, Memory and a Forgotten Secretary of State," The New York Public Library (blog entry).
James A. Hamilton Papers, The New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts, New York City.
James Alexander Hamilton III at Find a Grave.
James Alexander Hamilton at FamilySearch.