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From Alexander Hamilton to John Adams, [5 July 1790]

To John Adams

[New York, July 5, 1790]

Sir

I have the honor to inform the Vice President of the United States and to request him to cause an intimation to be given to the Honoble The Members of the Senate that at one oClock to day, an oration will be delivered at St Pauls Church in commemoration of the declaration of Independence by a Member of the Society of the Cincinnati1 and that seats are provided for his and their accommodation. Peculiar circumstances prevented an earlier communication. The Requisite number of tickets have been sent to the Secretary of the Senate.

I have the honor to be with the most perfect respect Sir   Your Obed & hum ser

A Hamilton
Vice President of the NY Society of the Cin.

Monday July 5

vice President of the United States

ALS, Adams-Clement Collection, Smithsonian Institution.

1. Because the Fourth of July fell on a Sunday in 1790, it was celebrated on Monday, July 5. The speech at St. Paul’s was delivered by Brockholst Livingston.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to John Adams, [5 July 1790]
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    “From Alexander Hamilton to John Adams, [5 July 1790],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-06-02-0384. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 6, December 1789 – August 1790, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, pp. 481–482.]

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