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Rochester
Sunday
Octr 7th 1866
Dear Sir
Do me the favor to accept the enclosed Photograph and autograph of my Father Alexander Hamilton as a mark of my respect and regard for you
I will only add that your Character and Conduct are the best guarrantee of the future of your race and that I indulge a confident expectation that our Government will perform its highest and most solemn engagement—not only to protect those whom it has made free but to provide for
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Editors: the author of this document was inventoried by FDP as James Henrietta, but the DLC transcriber transcribed the surname as Hamilton. That is confirmed by the Hamilton family that owns the Nevis estate at Dobbs Ferry and the spelling looks right. I have changed the surname of the sender to James A. Hamilton, third son of Alexander Hamilton. Perdue 5-27-24