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To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton and Henry Knox, 29 November 1793

From Alexander Hamilton and Henry Knox

Philadelphia November 29th 1793

Dr. Sir

Notwithstanding the information of this Morning respecting the Insertion in Dunlap’s Paper on Monday, certain reasons determine us rather to return to you the Paper with our certificate.1

You will find that we have altered nothing material to your purpose. The omission of what concerned the President has proceeded from a scruple about official propriety. We are with respect & esteem Dr Sir Your obedient servants

Alex Hamilton
HKnox

John Jay Esqr

LS, in the hand of AH, NNC (EJ: 05626). Endorsed by JJ. PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett et al., eds., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (27 vols.; New York, 1961–87) description ends , 15: 419.

1. See JJ and RK “To the Public,” 26 Nov., and notes.

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    To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton and Henry Knox, 29 November 1793
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    Jay, John
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    29 November 1793

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    “To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton and Henry Knox, 29 November 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jay/01-05-02-0279. [Original source: The Selected Papers of John Jay, vol. 5, 1788–1794, ed. Elizabeth M. Nuxoll. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017, p. 575.]