ALEXANDER HAMILTON Letter Concerning the Public Conduct a

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ALEXANDER HAMILTON. Letter . . . Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams. 54 pages. 8vo, stitched; moderate wear and toning, folds, minimal dampstaining, lacking final blank; uncut; early owner's inscription on title page. New York, 1800

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Third edition. Hamilton wrote this attack on the sitting president, a fellow Federalist, hoping to throw the 1800 election over to another Federalist, Charles Pinckney. After Aaron Burr got his hands on a copy, the maneuver backfired and helped Jefferson's successful Democratic-Republican campaign. "This and Adams' reply are probably the plainest talk ever indulged in, in print, between two great statesmen"--Ford 71. Evans 37568; Howes H116; Reese, Federal Hundred 81 (first edition); Sabin 29959.