[Alexander Hamilton] had a love of the fine arts and was something of a print collector and an amateur painter, for it appears he advised Mrs. Washington in regard to the paintings she bought; but his purse was evidently too small to gratify his own tastes in this direction. Not only does his expense book contain items showing the occasional modest purchase of a print, but he left behind numerous wood and copper line engravings and etchings, that today would be very valuable. I distinctly remember a set of Mantegna’s superb chiaro-oscuro of the “Triumph of Caesar,” and a particularly fine Dürer which were in my father’s possession; but the others have been scattered and can no longer be identified.

He had a rich voice, and rendered the songs of the day, among which was “The Drum,” which he last sung at a meeting of the Cincinnati, a few days before the duel with Burr […]. His daughter Angelica often accompanied him upon the piano or harp, and appears to have been given all the advantages of a musical education.