OBSERVATIONS ON CERTAIN DOCUMENTS CONTAINED IN NO. V & VI OF "THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE YEAR 1796," IN WHICH THE CHARGE OF SPECULATION AGAINST ALEXANDER HAMILTON, LATE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, IS FULLY REFUTED

by Hamilton, Alexander:

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Book description: Philadelphia: Printed Pro Bono Publico, 1800.. 37,[1],lviii pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Titlepage lightly tanned. Some scattered foxing, very good. The second edition, after the first of 1797, of the infamous "Reynold's pamphlet", in which Hamilton describes his affair with Maria Reynolds and admits to paying off a blackmailer. In the pamphlet Hamilton took the extraordinary step of admitting to adultry in order to clear his name of financial scandal. While successful in its purpose, it destroyed any hope of a political career on the national stage, and provided salacious ammunition for his enemies. This second edition was published by Hamilton's opponents to keep the scandal alive in the election of 1800, after the Hamilton family purchased and destroyed most of the original edition. HOWES H120. EVANS 37572. SABIN 29970. SHEIDLEY 36 (ref). FORD, BIBLIOTECA HAMILTONIANA 65.

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