To Alexander Hamilton from James McHenry, 15 May 1797

From James McHenry

Philad. 15 May 1797

My dear H.

I wrote you a line yesterday acknowleging the receipt of your late letters from Albany.

I expect that there will be a quorum of both branches to-day.1

It appears that the news of the Emp. of Germ. having signified his intention to make peace was unfounded.2 Had it even been so, it ought to have augmented our endeavours to meet hostility.

It is probable that a new character will be given Pinckney and a Secry to the Mission.

Yours

J McH

ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. On March 25, 1797, President John Adams had called a special session of Congress to meet in Philadelphia on May 15 (Annals of Congress description begins The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States; with an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature (Washington, 1834–1849). description ends , VII, 49).

2. See H to Timothy Pickering, May 13, 1797, note 3.

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Title: To Alexander Hamilton from James McHenry, 15 May 1797
Author: McHenry, James
Recipient: Hamilton, Alexander
Date: 15 May 1797

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Cite as: “To Alexander Hamilton from James McHenry, 15 May 1797,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-21-02-0045. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 21, April 1797 – July 1798, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1974, pp. 86–87.]

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