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[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

It is particularly remarkable that Young Hamilton had the ear of Richard Henry Lee in 1775. The fact that Hamilton was collaborating with Gouverneur Morris is also noteworthy, but hardly surprising in hindsight.
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[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

Breaking news: recently digitized manuscripts shed new light on Young Alexander Hamilton’s timeline.
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[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

Read more about the marker ceremony here: https://t.co/PabiuBoj3K

[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

@RBrookhiser @TheAHASociety The Gouverneur Morris marker at the corner of Market and Third in Philly is now accessible on the State of PA’s website. https://t.co/d5710UKM3n

[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

@RBrookhiser Here is a link to the underlying research about Miss Dalley’s boarding house:

https://t.co/cK8ZxNIJJu

[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

@RBrookhiser Here is a link to the “Regarding Free Henry Hypothesis”, which attempts to identify the “free negro servant” named Henry who resided at Miss Dalley’s boarding house:

https://t.co/vrSg9zavGo

[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

@RBrookhiser It was a honor to hear the Eagle discussing the Rake at the marker unveiling.

[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

@RBrookhiser Here is a link to research about the “Miss Dalley 8 in 1780.” We argue that it was no coincidence that the residents of this particular boarding house became leaders of the emerging abolition movement beginning in Philadelphia in 1780.

https://t.co/szq8DSFE5H

[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

The Constitution House marker unveiling
ceremony will make history on April 18 at 12:30 in Philly.

[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

@RBrookhiser @Boston1775 @TheGNapp @JRakove @davidostewart2 @publius57 @TheAHASociety @jbf1755

Join us for the marker unveiling for the location where Gouverneur Morris, Alexander Hamilton and Elbridge Gerry boarded during the Constitutional Convention.

https://t.co/XwSn9jtJO1

[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

Alexander Hamilton (Publius) and Elbridge Gerry (the Federal Farmer) also boarded with Morris during the Constitutional Convention at Miss Dalley’s boarding house (the “Constitution House”).

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[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

Join us on April 18 at 12:30 in Philadelphia for the historic marker installation honoring Gouverneur Morris and the “Constitution House” where Morris boarded during in 1787.

https://t.co/m7FShZsMry

[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

Gouverneur Morris is widely recognized by historians as the “penman of the Constitution.” In 1787 Morris famously drafted the Preamble and the final draft of the Constitution. But what else did he write?

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[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

The mounting evidence that Gerry was the Federal Farmer starts here:

https://t.co/f3zkIKW4NR
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[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

For 237 years the identity of the Antifederalists Brutus and the Federal Farmer was a mystery. But no longer:
https://t.co/KM2tWiJ7AX
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[Stephen F. Knott @publius57]

Words for our time from Alexander Hamilton:

"When a man unprincipled in private life, desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper . . . despotic in his ordinary demeanor — known to have scoffed in private at the principles of liberty — when such a man is seen to mount the hobby

[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

Newly emerging evidence demonstrates that there is more to the story than previously understood. /2

[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

@RBrookhiser @jbf1755 @Boston1775 @publius57 @TheAHASociety

In 1787 Alexander & Eliza Hamilton brought “Little Orphan Fanny” into their home and raised her as their own daughter. Here is a heart warming tale to close out the year. /1

https://t.co/jGPdhgxmlp

[Adam Levinson @Statutesblog]

@RBrookhiser I will admit that this is not the first time I had to look up an @RBrookhiser historical reference.

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