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From Alexander Hamilton to Egbert Benson, 8 June 1784

To Egbert Benson

[New York, June 8, 1784. The catalogue description of a letter to Benson from Hamilton reads: “Mainly on legal business, concluding: ‘No thing new here except that the Whigs by way of eminence (as they distinguish themselves) are degenerating fast into a very peaceable set of people.’” Letter not found.]

ALS, sold at Anderson Galleries, May 9, 1912, Lot 65.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Egbert Benson, 8 June 1784
    Author
    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Benson, Egbert
    Date
    8 June 1784

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Egbert Benson, 8 June 1784,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-03-02-0358. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 3, 1782–1786, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 563.]

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