# 2024 National Book Festival: Exposing Alexander Hamilton’s Redacted Letter to His ‘Betsey’

Discover historical secrets with the Library of Congress Preservation Research and Testing division as they unveil the original text of a heavily redacted letter by Alexander Hamilton to then-fiancée, Elizabeth Schuyler. Explore how advanced technology has revealed the redactions, thought to be made by their son, who wished to share his father’s war correspondence but considered some personal family details too much for history.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2024
- Runtime: 15 min
- By: France, Fenella
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10308/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-10308?play=1)