1Pacificus No. VI, [17 July 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
The very men who not long since, with a holy zeal, would have been glad to make an autos de fé of any one who should have presumed to assign bounds to our obligations to Louis the XVI are now ready to consign to the flames those who venture even to think, that he died a proper object of our sympathy or regret. The greatest pains are taken to excite against him our detestation. His supposed...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Israel Ludlow, 17 July 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ July 17, 1793. Letter not found. ] This letter is listed as No. 31 on a “List of 51 Papers Relative to Contract Between the United States and John C. Symmes” ( Carter, Territorial Papers Clarence E. Carter, ed., The Territorial Papers of the United States (Washington, 1934– ). , II, 389–91). For information on the Symmes purchase, see H to William Rawle, January 6, 1793, note 2 .
3From Alexander Hamilton to William Rawle, 17 July 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
In answer to your letter of the 4th inst. I would advise to prepare the instruments in regard to Judge Symme’s purchase in the terms of the Act . This in an intermediate transaction must be safe on all sides. The Patents can adjust what may remain to be done and perhaps there may be opportunity in the mean time for an application to the legislature. With great consideration I am Sir Your...