George W. Strong letter to John Nelson Lloyd, February 2, 1841.

Letter from George W. Strong, New York, to John Nelson Lloyd, Lloyd Neck, acknowledging receipt of a payment for wood cut from Lloyd Neck and seeking clarification of a discrepancy, mentioning a conversation with David B. Ogden rejecting James Kent's claims about Daniel Webster's intemperance and suggesting that even if true, Kent shouldn't have stated it publicly and may owe Webster an apology, and discussing Rev. Dr. Francis L. Hawks, who had been selected by Elizabeth Hamilton to edit the papers of Alexander Hamilton in opposition to her children's' wishes, and Mrs. Hamilton's gift to Strong of a ring with a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair.