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To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton, 9 April 1793 (second letter)

From Alexander Hamilton (Second Letter)

Philad[elphia] May ^April^ 9 1793

My Dear Sir

I have already written you by this Post.1 A further Question occurs— Would not a proclamation prohibitting our own citizens from taking Com[missio]ns. &ca. on either Side be proper?

Would it be well that it should include a declaration of Neutrality?

If you think the measure prudent could you draft such a thing as you deem proper?2 I wish much you could Truly as Ever,

A Hamilton

Chief Justice Jay

ALS, NNC (EJ: 05624). Endorsed: “Col. Hamilton / recd. & an[swere]d. 11 ap 1793”. Addressed: “John Jay Esquire / Chief Justice / New York”. PAH description begins Harold C. Syrett et al., eds., The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (27 vols.; New York, 1961–87) description ends , 14: 299–300.

1. See AH’s first letter to JJ of this date, above.

2. See JJ to AH, 11 Apr., below.

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    To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton, 9 April 1793 (second letter)
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    “To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton, 9 April 1793 (second letter),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jay/01-05-02-0253. [Original source: The Selected Papers of John Jay, vol. 5, 1788–1794, ed. Elizabeth M. Nuxoll. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017, p. 479.]

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