Alexander Hamilton Viewed by His Friends: The Narratives of Robert Troup and Hercules Mulligan

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In the mid-1980s, John Church, the son of Alexander and Elizabeth Schuler Hamilton, announced his father's paper, including a letter written by his father to his mother on September 6, 1780 (1 volume, 169 pages ). Two months before they get married) According to John Hamilton, that letter is about war in a revolutionary war, "Under the very uncomfortable message just arrived from the south, the people who live here Mostly crouching, Gates said, completely failed near Camden, South Carolina. "

His friends Heracles Mulligan suddenly appeared, felt dissatisfied with Hamilton, arrested in the battle of Long Island about three months ago. After being arrested, Mulligan was identified as a "gentleman" and was not allowed to leave New York due to his honor. After a happy reunion, Hamilton persuaded Mulligan to return to New York City, and in accordance with the remarks after Mulligan "Secret Correspondent of Supreme Commander" - as a spy

But New York's attorney, Robert Tramp's Hamilton friend, believes that they are not just relaxing nature. "Every time there is a passionate courtship," he warned Hamilton, a traveler and a powerful New York politician. Among them the most famous is George Clinton, who was against Hamilton in the battle for ratification of the Constitution, and Aaron Bar, who just broke Hamilton's father-in-law to join the New York Senate. Troup has warned with a Latin tag: "Delenda est Carthago." All educated people know Latin, and quoted Troup series are famous: "Carthago must be destroyed not."