History buffs shelled out nearly $2.6 million for a treasure trove of Alexander Hamilton’s writings on Wednesday,at a Manhattan auction highlighted by The Post founder’s most personal letters to loved ones.
All the precious documents came from one unidentified Hamilton descendant, according to Sotheby’s.
The sale is capitalizing on the founding father’s pop-culture cachet via the Broadway smash “Hamilton.”
A 1795 letter to sister-in-law Angelica Schuyler Church, who many believe had an affair with Hamilton, went for $62,500, more than seven times the estimated price.
A 1790 letter to Hamilton’s wife, Elizabeth, sold for $40,000. more than four times its estimated value.
Another personal letter of note — when Hamilton broke news to Elizabeth in 1780 that Gen. Benedict Arnold had pulled a Benedict Arnold — went for $81,250, a little more than its $35,000-to-$50,000 estimate.
But the auction’s most anticipated item for sale— Hamilton’s 1793 declaration of America’s refusal to give military aid to France during the French Revolution — fizzled.
The “Pacificus Essay” went for an auction-high $262,500 — well below its estimate of as high as $500,000.
The total take for the 77-lot auction was $2.59 million.
