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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) to isaac sears 1 - The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 9
to isaac sears 1 - Alexander Hamilton, The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 9 [1774]Edition used:The Works of Alexander Hamilton, ed. Henry Cabot Lodge (Federal Edition) (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904). In 12 vols. Vol. 9.
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- Miscellaneous Papers
- Defence of the Funding System
- The Assumption of the State Debts ( Continued From Vol. Viii .)
- Private Correspondence
- To Edward Stevens 1
- To Tileman Cruger 1
- To the Provincial Congress of New York. 1
- To the Provincial Congress
- To the Honorable Convention of New York
- To the Provincial Congress
- To Gouverneur Morris, Robert Livingston, and William Allison, Esqs. 1
- To Gouverneur Morris, Etc.
- To the Committee of the New York Convention
- To Gouverneur Morris, Etc.
- To the Committee of the New York Convention
- To the Committee of the New York Convention
- To William Livingston 2
- To William Livingston
- To William Duer. 1
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To Robert R. Livingston 1
- To Dr. Hugh Knox 1
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To Robert R. Livingston
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To the Honorable John Hancock President of Congress
- To the President of Congress
- To the President of Congress
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To General Gates
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To General Gates
- To Washington
- To General Putnam
- To Governor George Clinton 2
- To Governor George Clinton 3
- To William Duer, M.C. 1
- To Lafayette
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Elias Boudinot 1
- To Lord Stirling (?) 2
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Elias Boudinot
- To Elias Boudinot
- To Baron Steuben
- Narrative of an Affair of Honor Between General Lee and Col. Laurens 1
- To the Honorable John Jay, President of Congress
- To Miss Livingston 1
- To Baron Stebuen
- To Otho H. Williams 1
- To Major Lee Or, In His Absence, Capt. Mclane
- To Col. David Henley 1
- To Col. John Brooks 1
- To Dr. William Gordon 1
- To James Duane 3
- To Baron Steuben
- To James Duane
- To Colonel John Brooks
- To John Laurens 2
- To James Duane
- To James Duane
- Du Portail and Hamilton to Washington 1
- To John Laurens
- To Doctor William Gordon
- To Washington
- To Baron Steuben
- To James Duane
- To General Greene
- To Baron Steuben
- To Washington
- To the Chevalier De Ternay 1
- To Baron Steuben
- To Baron Steuben
- To General Anthony Wayne
- To Baron Steuben
- To Miss Schuyler 1
- To Washington
- To General Greene
- To Miss Schuyler
- To Miss Schuyler
- To John Laurens 1
- To Isaac Sears 1
- To James Duane
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Philip Schuyler 1
- To General Greene
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Mrs. Hamilton
- To Washington
- To Mrs. Hamilton
- To Mrs. Hamilton
- To Mrs. Hamilton
- To Lafayette
- To Mrs. Hamilton
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Richard K. Meade 2
- To Robert Morris
- To General Knox
- To Robert Morris
- To Comfort Sands 1
- To Robert Morris
- To Governor Clinton
- To Robert Morris
- To Governor Clinton
- To the County Treasurers
- To Robert Morris
- To John Laurens 2
- To Governor Clinton
- To Robert Morris
- To Colonel Richard K. Meade
- To Robert Morris
- To the County Treasurers
- To Robert Morris
- To Timothy Pickering 1
- To Robert Morris
- To Robert Morris
- To Robert Morris
- To Robert Morris
- To Robert Morris
- To De Noailles 2
- To General Greene
- To Robert Morris
- To Lafayette
- To the Governor of Rhode Island 1
- To Governor Clinton
- To Governor Clinton
- To Washington
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- To Washington
- To Governor Clinton
- To Governor Clinton
- To John Dickinson 1
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To Mrs. Hamilton
- To John Jay
- To Governor Clinton
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Governor Clinton
- To the Honorable Thomas Mifflin, President of Congress
- To John Barker Church 1
- To Thomas Fitzsimmons 1
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To De Chastellux 1
- To His Brother, James Hamilton—st. Thomas
- To Israel Wilkes 2
- To Washington
- To Nathaniel Hazard
- To Messrs. Semphill & Co.
- To John Thomas, Esq., Sheriff of Westchester
- To Washington
- To ——————— 1
- To Major Peirce
- To Auldjo
- To Rufus King 1
- To Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth 2
- To Rufus King
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To John Sullivan, Esq., President of the State of New Hampshire
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To Nathaniel Chipman 1
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To Washington
- To Samuel Broome 1
- To Governor Wm. Livingston
- To Washington
- To Theodore Sedgwick 1
- To Nathaniel Chipman
- To Theodore Sedgwick
- To Washington
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To Theodore Sedgwick
- To Rufus King
- To Oliver Wolcott
- To Lafayette
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To Washington
- To Timothy Pickering
- To Col. R. H. Harrison 2
- To Henry Lee 1
- To William Duer
- To Ædanus Burke 1
- To Timothy Pickering
- To Winn
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To John Jay
- To Washington
- To William Seton 1
- To Washington 1
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Benjamin Goodhue 1
- To Mrs. Martha Walker
- To Rufus Ring
- To Rufus Ring
- To Timothy Pickering
- To William Seton
- To William Seton (private.)
- To William Duer
- To William Seton
- To William Seton
- To the President, Directors, Etc., of the Bank of New York
- To William Seton (private.)
- To William Seton (private.)
- To a Friend
- To Washington
- To General Knox
- To William Seton
- To Philip Hamilton 1
- To Nicholas Gouverneur 2
- To Gulian Verplanck and Others
- To William Seton
- To William Duer 1
- To William Seton (private)
- To William Seton (private.)
- To William Seton (private.)
- To the Directors and Company of the Bank of New York
- To William Duer
- To William Seton
- To William Duer
- To William Seton
- To Colonel Edward Carrington 1
- To General Otho H. Williams
- To Gouverneur Morris
- Senators
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- To Colonel Heth 1 and Others
- To William Seton (private.)
- To Rufus King
- To Elias Boudinot
- To Washington
to isaac sears
Oct. 12, 1780.
I was much obliged to you, my dear sir, for the letter which you did me the favor to write me since your return to Boston. I am sorry to find that the same spirit of indifference to public affairs prevails. It is necessary we should rouse and begin to do our business in earnest, or we shall play a losing game. It is impossible the contest can be much longer supported on the present footing. We must have a government with more power. We must have a tax in kind. We must have a foreign loan. We must have a bank—on the true principles of a bank. We must have an administration distinct from Congress, and in the hands of single men under their orders. We must, above all things, have an army for the war, and an establishment that will interest the officers in the service.
Congress are deliberating on our military affairs; but I apprehend their resolutions will be tinctured with the old spirit. We seem to be proof against experience. They will, however, recommend an army for the war, at least, as a primary object. All those who love their country ought to exert their influence in the States where they reside, to determine them to take up this object with energy. The States must sink under the burden of temporary enlistments; and the enemy will conquer us by degrees during the intervals of our weakness.
Clinton is now said to be making a considerable detachment to the southward. My fears are high, my hopes low. We are told here there is to be a congress of the neutral powers at the Hague, for mediating of peace. God send it may be true. We want it; but if the idea goes abroad, ten to one if we do not fancy the thing done, and fall into a profound sleep till the cannon of the enemy awaken us next campaign. This is our national character.
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