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includes a dishonourable infidelity somewhere—I am far from attributing it to either of the three gentlemen; yet the suspicion naturally falls on some agent made use of by them.

I send you the copy of a Memorandum of the substance of your declaration, made by me the morning after our interview.

With consideration
 I have the honor to be,
⁠Sir,
⁠Your very obed. servt.

Alexander Hamilton.

P. S. I must beg the favour of expedition in your reply.

Memorandum of Substance of Declaration of Messrs. Monroe, Muhlenberg and Venable concerning the affair of J. Reynolds.

That they regretted the trouble and uneasiness which they had occasioned to me in consequence of the representations made to them—That they were perfectly satisfied with the explanation I had given