Alexander Hamilton Papers

Memorial of Philip Thompson, 22 February 1783

Memorial of Philip Thompson

[Philadelphia, February 22, 1783. On the last page of a memorial of Philip Thompson to the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania Hamilton and Major General Alexander McDougall made endorsements. The paragraph by Hamilton reads: “I certify that the Memorialist was an active and zealous whig in the early periods of the contest and I have reason to believe the above representation is true. A. Hamilton.”1 Document not found.]

ADS, sold at City Book Auction, October 18, 1941, Lot 183.

1Extract taken from City Book Auction catalogue.

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