Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 to James McHenry re: election, Adams, political dispositions (signed "AH")
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07280 Author/Creator: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1800/08/27 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy
He writes of the upcoming election: "We fight Adams on very unequal grounds-because we do not declare the motives of our dislike. The exposition of these is very important but how? I would make it & put my name to it, but I cannot do it without it being conclusively inferred that as to my material fails I must have derived my information from ... the Administration. Yet without this, we have the air of mere caballers & shall be complete run down in the public opinion." Signed with initials.
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