Extract from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison
[Philadelphia] Sep. 8. 93. |
Hamilton is ill of the fever as is said. he had two physicians out at his house the night before last. his family think him in danger, & he puts himself so by his excessive alarm. he had been miserable several days before from a firm persuasion he should catch it. a man as timid as he is on the water, as timid on horseback, as timid in sickness, would be a phænomenon if the courage of which he has the reputation in military occasions were genuine.
PrC (DLC). Published in PTJ, 27:61–3.
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