| Description Of Item | The statement is initialled A H [Alexander Hamilton] and M A P [probably Mary Ann Portsmouth]. The statement reads that as the marriage ceremony has been privately performed between them they 'call upon Almighty God to witness the truth of our oaths'. Hamilton was married to Catherine at this date. The statement was found at p234 of the manuscript translation of 'Elementa Physiologiae' by Albertus de Haller at HAL/2/1/11. |