HAMILTON ALEXANDER The Works of Alexander Hamilton 3 vols

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HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. The Works of Alexander Hamilton. 3 frontispiece portraits (Hamilton, Madison, Jay). vii, [3], 325; [2], iv, 368; [2], iv, 368 pages. 3 volumes. 12mo, later 1/2 calf with original endpapers laid down, minor wear; intermittent foxing and toning including plates, minimal dampstaining to Volume II only; early quotation of Jared Sparks on Hamilton inscribed on first pastedown. New York, 1810

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First edition thus, edited by John Wells. The first volume contains five of Hamilton's reports as Secretary of the Treasury. Volume II and most of Volume III are devoted to the Federalist Papers, followed by his Pacificus letters. Ford, Hamiltoniana 116; Sabin 29987.