Attacking President John Adams

Lot 194
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Lot 194 | Attacking President John Adams
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HAMILTON, Alexander (1755-1804). Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq. President of the United States. The Second Edition. New York: Printed for John Lang, by John Furman, 1800.

Hamilton's savage attack on President John Adams: "an extended tantrum in print … In writing an intemperate indictment of John Adams, Hamilton committed a form of political suicide that blighted the rest of his career" (Chernow, 623, 619). An embittered Hamilton not only attacks administration policies, but paints a picture of an unstable, almost insane President. Friends within the Cabinet had fed Hamilton tales of Adams's violent outbursts and loss of self-control. William Duane, who reprinted this volume in Philadelphia the same year, happily observed that Hamilton's election-year tirade had done more to undermine public faith in the Federalists than all of his previous newspaper attacks combined. Evans 37567.

Octavo (201 x 127mm). Disbound (binding remnants along left margin, minor chips to top of title page).
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