UNITED STATES v. LETTER FROM ALEXANDER HAMILTON

No. 20-2061.

15 F.4th 515 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. LETTER FROM ALEXANDER HAMILTON TO the MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE DATED JULY 21, 1780, Defendant in Rem, Aldrich L. Boss, as personal representative for the estate of Stewart R. Crane, Claimant, Appellant, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Acting by and through The Massachusetts Archives, Claimant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 6, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Edward Badway , with whom Fox Rothschild LLP was on brief, for appellant.

Carol E. Head , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Nathaniel R. Mendell , Acting United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee United States.

Adam J. Hornstine , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Maura Healey , Attorney General of Massachusetts, was on brief, for appellee Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Selya and Lynch, Circuit Judges.


Alexander Hamilton was a principal author of the Federalist Papers and our nation's first Secretary of the Treasury. Few people played more significant roles in the founding of the republic. When he wrote a letter to the Marquis de Lafayette on July 21, 1780 (the Letter), warning of imminent danger to French troops in Rhode...

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