Problems with Democratic Systems
Document 1800General Hamilton has read General McHenry's letter to the Committee of Defense with interest and has begun to agree with Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth, that in a government like that of the United States, there is a natural antipathy to systems of every kind.
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Autograph Letter Signed
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General Hamilton has read General McHenry's letter to the Committee of Defense with interest and has begun to agree with Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth, that in a government like that of the United States, there is a natural antipathy to systems of every kind.
Date
02/19/1800
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1800021940300
Page start
1
Note
Papers of Alexander Hamilton, Vol. 24, p. 237-8
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Oliver Ellsworth
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
Democracy
Jeffersonians
Democratic-Republicans