Alexander Hamilton Papers

New York Ratifying Convention. Remarks (John McKesson’s Version), [12 July 1788]

New York Ratifying Convention. Remarks
(John Mc Kesson’s Version)1

[Poughkeepsie, New York, July 12, 1788]

Mr. Hamilton—

I rise with Reluctance

It has been industriously circulated that I am a Man of such Talents as to carry2 any Cause—

Insinuations agt. me out of this Hous[e] to shut the Hearts of the House agt. me—

John McKesson MS Notes, New-York Historical Society, New York City.

1. See “New York Ratifying Convention. Introductory Note,” June 17–July 26, 1788.

2. McKesson wrote and then crossed out the word “espouse.” Over the deleted word he wrote “carry.”

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    New York Ratifying Convention. Remarks (John McKesson’s Version), [12 July 1788]
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    McKesson, John
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    12 July 1788

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    “New York Ratifying Convention. Remarks (John McKesson’s Version), [12 July 1788],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-05-02-0012-0062. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 5, June 1788 – November 1789, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 159.]