Poughkeepsie, June, 1788.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of the 20th came to hand two days since. I regret that your
prospects are not yet reduced to greater certainty. There is more and
more reason to believe that our conduct will be influenced by yours.
Our discussions have not yet travelled beyond the power of taxation.
To-day we shall probably quit this ground to pass to another. Our
arguments confound, but do not convince. Some of the leaders, however,
appear to be convinced by _circumstances_, and to be desirous of a
retreat. This does not apply to the chief, who wishes to establish
Clintonism on the basis of Anti-federalism.
I remain affectionately yours,
A. Hamilton.