Note H — TO GENERAL JOSEPH REED.
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As a proof of my having made this declaration, and the occasion of it, I offer the following letter:
Dear Sir:—I have, at your request, charged my recollection with what fell from you, in the hearing of myself and several others, at the trial of Mr. William Hamilton, on the subject of Mr. Reed, who assisted the prosecution; it was in terms to this effect; that it indicated the extremity of baseness in him, to attempt to destroy another for taking the very step he had once lifted his own foot to take. This, at the instant, made a deeper impression me, as having never till then, though living in the closest intimacy, heard you drop the most distant hint of any intended defection of Mr. Reed, of which I myself had no suspicion.
Your humble servant,
GEORGE CLYMER.
March 2d, 1783. General Cadwalader.