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. 2nd Edition. Leather. 2nd edition, stated. Very Good. 8vo., 54 pp. Bound in 19th century, black, half-calf with marbled papers over boards. Title and date on spine in gilt. Light wear to extremities. Title page with small paper repair at lower tip. Last two pages of text with tape repair. Book plate. Light foxing throughout. Howes H116. Very Good. Item #33968
"Not denying to Mr. Adams patriotism and integrity, and even talents of a certain kind, I should be deficient in candor, were I to conceal the conviction, that he does not possess the talents adapted to the Administration of Government, and that there are great and intrinsic defects in his character, which unfit him for the office of Chief Magistrate." The Great Betrayal, which may have very well cost Adams the Election of 1800. Very Popular in its time, the work was reprinted four times during the 1800 election.
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