HAMILTON, Alexander. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, esq., President of the United States. [Philadelphia:] New-York: Printed [by William Duane] for John Lang by George F. Hopkins, 1800. Re-printed pro bono publico. [Bound with:] An Answer to Alexander Hamilton's Letter Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq... By A Citizen of New York [Chulham, James]. New York: Printed by P. R. Johnson & J. Stryker, 1800. 8o, modern blue half morocco. A later edition of Hamilton's savage attack on President John Adams: "an extended tantrum in print," reissued with relish by the Philadelphia Jeffersonian William Duane. "In writing an intemperate indictment of John Adams, Hamilton committed a form of political suicide that blighted the rest of his career" (Chernow, 623, 619). An embittered Hamilton not only attacks administration policies, but paints a picture of an unstable, almost insane President. Friends within the Cabinet had fed Hamilton tales of Adams's violent outbursts and loss of self-control. Duane happily observed that Hamilton's election-year tirade had done more to undermine public faith in the Federalists than all of his previous newspaper attacks combined. Evans 37570; Howes 116.