1From Alexander Hamilton to Lieutenant Colonel John Brooks, 6 August 1779 (Hamilton Papers)
I inclose you the copy of a letter which I received by the last post from Mr. Dana. You will perceive, he says, he does not recollect or imagine that he threw out the observation mentioned by you respecting the probability of my having made the declaration with which I am charged; but believes it was used by some other person in company and that you had unintentionally blended the...