Robert Wilson Jr.

Head Journalist of The Advertiser

"I understand that Mrs. Hamilton suspects that I engaged in an unscrupulous attack on her late husband, but I did nothing of the sort! I pride myself on my integrity and would never publish something without evidence, unlike the National Gazette (which Madison and Jefferson founded, by the way). I could not live in good conscience as a journalist if I did not publish that pamphlet in its entirety. The fact that it was damaging to Hamilton was merely a boon.

My father considered Alexander a friend for many years and published a number of his Federalist essays. In fact, prior to his passing, Hamilton sent my father a coded note. For the life of me, I cannot decode it. Perhaps you will have some luck..."