Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-01-05 | Page 2 | Interesting Old Letter Throws Light on History

H , . INTERESTING OLD LETTER THROWS LIGHT ON HISTORY ! CHICAGO, Jan, 4. rosoph F. Ward. ' president of tho City Xational bank of 1 Evanston, received an unusual Christ-mas Christ-mas gift in the form of the original ( 'manuscript of a letter written to his ' grandfather. Colonel Joseph Ward, by ,lt John Adams, in 1S09. The letter throwB new light upon the attitude of Adnms toward Alexander Hamilton and other 1,1 leaders of his time. It follows in part: H "Quincy, Aug. 31, 1809. Sir: The ' negotiations of tho peace of 1783 are !' 'known in detail by nobody but mj'solf, B,( and as they have been misrepresented H; J ' tboi' will be, more no hereafter if the t truth is not told and supported by doc-uments, doc-uments, 1 "The histor3' (Jf our counto is gct- ' ting full of falsehoods and it is high H, time for some of them io be corrected, j ; Hamilton propagated a great man', ' some of which I am endeavoring to rectify or correct in justice. Have I 1 1' ' had any succcssT ' "If an excessive partiality for En- H:.',i gland too strontrlv resembling the sen- Hi '. timents of tho Tories in 1770 can bo abated and the fatal policy of depend- 1 ing on tho British fleet for protection j . be averted, it will bo woll worth tho ; pains. In short, thn fatal error of dc- H'j landing on tho wisdom, justice, or bc- H-i nevolcnro of any foreign nation for H,';. iirolcctiuu or assistance must bo cor- Hl - reeled or wo shall bo miserably do- H , enived and betrayed." Hi