1The Defence No. I, [22 July 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
regard to a third; though at the expence of no engagement, nor in violation of any rule of friendly or fair procedure. It was natural that the contrary spirit should produce efforts of foreign counteraction to the treaty, and it was certain......eye, as the successor of the actual President of the United States in the event of his retreat from the station, Mr. Adams, Mr. Jay, Mr. Jefferson...
2The Defence No. XII, [2–3 September 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
The product of all this trade, he says, must go down the Missippi and but for the stipulation of the third article would have been exclusively ours—because “by the Treaty of Paris though the British might navigate the Mississippi yet they did not own a foot of land upon either of its banks...the U States make by the third article of the Treaty a good bargain, that with regard to the furr trade...
3The Defence No. XIII, [5 September 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
...of the point shall be referred to three Commissioners, to be appointed thus—one to be named by his Britannic Majesty, another by the President of the USstates with the advice & consent of the Senate, the third by these two, if they can agree in the choice; but if they cannot agree, then each of them to name a person and out of the two persons named one drawn by lot in their... ...the third...
4The Defence No. XIV, [9 September 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
, is satisfied by the obligation to take, as a substitute, one half one third or one fourth of the real value in paper?In the third place, it was essential to reciprocity in the adjustment of the disputes which had existed concerning the Treaty of Peace. When we claimed the reinstatement and execution of the article with regard to the Posts,
5From Alexander Hamilton to Defence No. XX, [23 and 24 October 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
...that of the individuals but that of the Government of France—the other to defeat the effect of her plan by tying up the property for the benefit of the Original Creditors in exclusion of the drafts which they were compelled to draw. Great Britain appears to have elected the latter course. If we suppose her sincere in the motive and there is fairness and fidelity in the execution, the issue...