Letter: To James Madison, Secretary of State, from Thomas Cruse, 1806
Thomas Cruse was the brother-in-law of Judge James Hamilton of Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Hamilton, James, Sr.
Sarah Howard Thomson Hamilton (1770-1842)
Sarah Hamilton's daughter, Susan Thorn, bequeathed the miniature portrait of her mother “in a square frame” to Mrs. Mary Moore. Its whereabouts are unknown. We are left to form a picture of Sarah Hamilton, or Sally as her husband and her sister Mary Veazey referred to her, from remarks about her in their letters.
Murder at the “Sign of the Indian Queen” Tavern
The scene of the murder was the “Sign of the Indian Queen” tavern on Carlisle’s West High Street. The victim was tavernkeeper Robert Grayson. Grayson had been a tavernkeeper in between positions as the county jailer in the 1790s and High Sheriff from 1801-1804.
Music Lessons
Children and those who wanted to play an instrument either learned at home from their parents, from relatives, or by instruction from private tutors or traveling music masters.