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 —less than a quarter of a sheet of note-paper—which he had so carefully placed within it was quickly brought to light. In the fine, round handwriting of the General, but without his signature, it bore the following brief statement:— "No. 2—3—4—5—54—J:    "No. 10—14—37 to 48 inclusive—M:— "No. 18—19—20—M: & H: jointly—    "All the others by H:—"

This interesting memorandum, which became subsequently the principal evidence for the friends of General, in their dispute with those of Mr. , was carefully preserved by Judge , who secured it with four wafers on the inside of the cover of his copy of The Fœderalist, where it remained several years. The interest which attached to it, however, was so great, that the venerable owner of it was induced to remove it from its place,—having previously copied it carefully on the opposite fly-leaf of the volume,—and to present it to the Public Library (the Society Library being generally known by that name) in the city of New York. It was in that well-known repository when Mr. disputed with Mr., in 1818, concerning the authorship of The Fœderalist; but, together with other relics of the same character, which will be referred to hereafter, it has been stolen, within a few years past; and at this moment, it is probable, it graces the collection of some unprincipled collector, whose love of possession is more powerful than his personal integrity.