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Subject Area: Political Theory
Topic: The American Revolution and Constitution

to oliver wolcott - Alexander Hamilton, The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 10 [1774]

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The Works of Alexander Hamilton, ed. Henry Cabot Lodge (Federal Edition) (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904). In 12 vols. Vol. 10.

Part of: The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), 12 vols.

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to oliver wolcott

March, 1796.

Dear Sir:

Enclosed are two letters which I will thank you to send on. I have just seen Livingston’s motion concerning instructions,1 etc. My first impression is that the propriety of a compliance with the call, if made, is extremely doubtful. But much careful thought on the subject is requisite.

P. S.—I send you also a letter from Mrs. Church to Mr. Beaumete, which I will thank you to send to Mr. Talleyrand.2

[1]This was the demand for papers relating to the Jay treaty which caused so much discussion, and with which Washington finally declined to comply.

[2]Reprinted from Administrations of Washington and Adams, i., 310.