Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from James Kane, [28 February 1804]

From James Kane1

[Albany, February 28, 1804]

Genl Hamilton

Dr Sir

Attach’d to this You have the Purdy Statement, which I am very Clear is in substance Correct. If you deem it very important that I should make affidavit of what is Here related—I will do it. At the same time I must acknowledge I shall have some difficulty in bringing my mind to it. My pride & Delicacy being in Opposition &c.

With much respect & Esteem   I remain Dr Sir &c

James Kane

ALS, New-York Historical Society, New York City.

1. For background to this letter, see “Nathaniel Pendleton’s Memorandum on a Conversation between Alexander Hamilton and Ebenezer Purdy,” February 25, 1804; H to George Clinton, February 27, 1804.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from James Kane, [28 February 1804]
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    Kane, James
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    28 February 1804

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from James Kane, [28 February 1804],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0001-0161-0001. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 26, 1 May 1802 – 23 October 1804, Additional Documents 1774–1799, Addenda and Errata, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1979, p. 200.]