Alexander Hamilton Papers

From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Jones, 11 November 1791

To Samuel Jones1

[Philadelphia, November 11, 1791. “I do not consider myself as at liberty to authorise anything; and so much are the circumstances effaced from my memory that I do not even feel myself competent to advise.”2 Letter not found.]

ALS, sold at American Art Association, November 24, 1924, Lot 333.

1. Jones, a prominent lawyer of Queens County, New York, had served in the New York Assembly from 1786 to 1790 and had been a member of the New York Ratifying Convention in 1788.

2. Text taken from extract of letter in the dealer’s catalogue.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Jones, 11 November 1791
    Author
    Hamilton, Alexander
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    Jones, Samuel
    Date
    11 November 1791

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    “From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Jones, 11 November 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-09-02-0345. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 9, August 1791 – December 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1965, p. 494.]

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