which you profess your opinion is to be decided—you imply that your suspicions are still alive. And as nothing appears to have shaken your original conviction but the wretched tale of Clingman, which you have thought fit to record, it follows that you are pleased to attach a degree of weight to that Communication which cannot be accounted for on any fair principles. The result in my mind is that you have been and are actuated by motives towards me malignant and dishonourable; nor can I doubt that this will be the universal opinion when the publication of the whole affair which I am about to make shall be seen.
I am Sir,
your humble Servant,
Alexr. Hamilton.
Philadelphia July 22, 1797.
J. Monroe Esqr.
No. XLVII.
- Sir,
I received your letter of the 22d instant by Major Jackson and have paid it the attention it merits.
