Item #77665 Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public conduct and. Alexander HAMILTON.

Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public conduct and

Item #77665

HAMILTON, Alexander. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq, President of the United States. New York: Printed for John Lang, by John Furman, 1800. 54pp. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. An occasional light fox mark. Very good. Third edition. The great betrayal, which may have cost Adams the election of 1800. Hamilton originally issued this work with the hope of giving Charles Cotesworth Pinckney a majority over Adams. That scheme failed and though Pinckney eventually became Adams' running mate in 1800, they lost the general election to the Jefferson-Burr ticket. The dispute between between Adams and Hamilton exposed the growing fissures in the Federalist party, a state of affairs that would in part lead to twenty-four years of Democratic-Republican control of the Presidency. Hamilton writes of Adams:"...He does not possess the talents adapted to the administration of this Government, and that there are great and intrinsic defects in his character which unfit him for the office of Chief Magistrate." "This and Adams' reply are probably the plainest talk ever indulged in, in print, between two great statesmen. It received many answers, from both Republicans and Federalists"-Ford. Very popular in its time, the work was reprinted four times during the 1800 election, with Hamilton eventually giving the copyright to John Lang. EVANS 37568. HOWES H116. FORD71. SABIN29959. REESE,FEDERAL HUNDRED81(ref).

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