1From Alexander Hamilton to Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 25 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, March 25, 1800. On April 18, 1800, Carroll wrote to Hamilton and referred to “your letter of the 25th past.” Letter not found. ] Carroll, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a leading Maryland Federalist, was a member of the United States Senate from 1789 to 1792 and of the Maryland Senate from 1791 to 1800.
2From Alexander Hamilton to Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 1 July 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I yesterday returned from an excursion through three of the four eastern States, and found your letter of the 18th of April. It is very necessary that the true and independent friends of the government should communicate and understand each other at the present very embarrassed and dangerous crisis of public affairs. I am glad, therefore, of the opportunity which your letter affords me of...
3From Alexander Hamilton to Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 7 August 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, August 7, 1800. “… As between Pinckney & Adams I give a decided preference to the first. If you have not heared enough to induce you to agree in this opinion I will upon your request enter into my reasons. Mr Adams has governed & must govern from impulse and caprice , under the influence of the two most mischievous of Passions for a Politician, to an extreme that to be portrayed...