From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, [28 August 1787]
To Rufus King
[New York, August 28, 1787]
Dear Sir,
I wrote to you some days since, that to request you to inform me when there was a prospect of your finishing as I intended to be with you, for certain reasons, before the conclusion. It is whispered here that some late changes in your scheme have taken place which give it a higher tone.1 Is this the case?
I leave town today, to attend a circuit in a neighbouring County, from which I shall return the last of the week, and shall be glad to find a line from you explanatory of the period of the probable termination of your business.
AL[S], New-York Historical Society, New York City.
1. H is referring to the various proposals to grant additional powers to the legislature and the judiciary, and to strengthen the executive. See James Madison’s record in , 384–465.