Draft Letter

Genet affair

Letter from John Jay to Alexander Hamilton. Asks that Hamilton and Knox have a certificate concerning Genet's statement printed in the Philadelphia papers. As soon as Jay and King receive it, they will republish Hamilton and Knox's statement with one of their own. Genet denies that he would appeal over the President to the people.

1793

11

26

New York

Alexander Hamilton; Henry Knox.

John Jay

Citizen Genet

George Washington

Alexander Hamilton

Henry Knox

New York

publication

denying his having declared that he wd appeal from the President to the People

evidence

circumstances relative to that transaction

address to the public

expedient that it shd be accompanied by your Certificates

subjoin one to it, under your signatures

cause it to be printed without Delay in one of your Papers

send me a correct copy of the whole, to the end that it may instantly be published here

observation

considerations

public

decision

propriety & necessity of these measures.

Genet affair

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NYork 26th. nov 1793
NYork 26^th. nov 1793

Gentlemen

You will recieve herewith enclosed a Publication by M^r Genet denying his having declared that he wd appeal from Mr. President to the People - a publication by us that we would shortly proceed to state the Evidence and circumstances relative to that [undecipherable], and also our massivorful address to the people containing such statem^t_ we think it more more expedient than that it should be printed here without it as well as more delicate with Respect to him, that it sh. be accompanied by your Certificate, & Be pleased therefor to subjoin one to it, under your signature, and then cause it to be printed without delay in one of your Papers, & send us a correct copy of the whole, to the End Be it may instantly or its arrival be published here.

Every observation that we could make on the subject will [undecipherable] to you, and therefore we will not lose time in enumerating the considerations, (relative to the public, yourselves and us) which call for descion and [undecipherable] and is ion [undecipherable] to the Property & necessity of these measure.

We have the Honor to be


[Editors Note: to the left]
Mr. Secy Hamilton &
Mr. Secy Knox ---
[Editors Note: to the right, signatures]
John Jay
Rufus King

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