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Anecdote Of Alexander Hamilton

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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
August
Year
1874
Copyright
Public Domain
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Hainilton was once applied to for professional assistance by a man from New York City, who held the guardianship of several orphan children. The children, thën very young, would, on coming of uge, if they had their rights, sucoeed to the possession of a large and valuable estate. In the title-deed of the estáte the guardián had disoovered material defects, and he thought he saw the way, with the assistance of an able lawyer, by which he could secure the title of the whole property to himself. He opened to Hamilton the whole business, exhibiting copies of the title-deeds and explaining how he would like to proceed ; and he promised the great jurist a large reward if be would undertake the business. Hamilton said that he must give, to a matter of so much importanoe, due thought before he decided, and he set a time for his cliënt to cali again. The guardián called according to appointment. Hamilton had put in writing faithful minutes of their former converBation, which, upon his second visit he read aloud. " I think," said Hamilton, " that is a true statement of your plans ?" " Yes, sir," answered nis cliënt. " That is correct. And now, if I may ask what have you decided f " I will teil you, sir," replied Hamilton, aternly ; " you are now completely in my power, and I consider myself as the future guardián of these unfortunate orphans. I have decided that you will set-tle with them honorably to the last penny or I will hunt you from the surface of the earth !" It is unnecessary to add that the falsehearted guardián did not pursue his nefarious scheme any further.

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Old News
Michigan Argus