(CNN) — A letter written by Alexander Hamilton, one in every of America’s founding fathers, thought misplaced for many years, is lastly happening show on the Commonwealth Museum in Massachusetts.
Hamilton, then the captain of a New York artillery firm, despatched the letter throughout the finish of the Revolutionary Conflict. Lafayette, a French aristocrat, was serving to the Individuals struggle the British. Within the letter, Hamilton warned Lafayette of “enemy” forces arriving in Rhode Island and endangering French troops.
In November 2018, the letter turned up at an public sale home in Alexandria, Virginia, earlier than touchdown in FBI custody the next yr.
The Commonwealth Museum’s July four exhibit is the primary alternative the general public must see the letter because it was returned to Massachusetts, in response to the press launch.
The exhibit additionally contains different unique paperwork from the 18th century, corresponding to a letter from John Hancock to the Massachusetts Meeting asserting independence from Nice Britain and a letter from George Washington to the Massachusetts Normal Court docket with a duplicate of the Declaration of Independence.
