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Topic: The American Revolution and Constitution

ALEXANDER HAMILTON TO JOHN ADAMS. - John Adams, The Works of John Adams, vol. 8 (Letters and State Papers 1782-1799) [1853]

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The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: with a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations, by his Grandson Charles Francis Adams (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1856). 10 volumes. Vol. 8.

Part of: The Works of John Adams, 10 vols.

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ALEXANDER HAMILTON TO JOHN ADAMS.

Philadelphia, 25 June, 1792.

My dear Sir,—

You will find inclosed your account, which I take the liberty to send, lest by not adverting to the state of it some inconvenience might ensue.

You are, I presume, aware that Mr. Clinton is to be your competitor at the next election. I trust he could not have succeeded in any event, but the issue of his late election will not help his cause.1 Alas! Alas!

If you have seen some of the last numbers of the National Gazette,2 you will have perceived that the plot thickens, and that something very like a serious design to subvert the government discloses itself.

With sincere respect and attachment, I am, dear Sir,

Alexander Hamilton.

[1 ]The election for Governor of the State of New York, which took place in April of this year. It had been so closely contested that the majority for Mr. Jay depended on the decision of the board of canvassers upon the validity of the votes of three counties in which there had been an informality in the return. They rejected them, which brought in George Clinton by a majority of 108 votes. But, like all attempts to do violence to the public opinion, this reacted upon the authors of it. Hammond’s History of Political Parties in New York, vol. i. p. 62. Life of John Jay, by W. Jay, vol. i. p. 287.

[2 ]The newspaper lately set up by P. Freneau, as the organ of Mr. Jefferson’s friends.