This issue, number 4929, January 27, 1795, features a list of thirteen toasts given at a dinner in Philadelphia for Col. Francis Gurney. Included are a toast to Alexander Hamilton, “Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the treasury-May his successor in office emulate his virtues,” a toast to the marquis de Lafayette, “May he soon be liberated from his captivity, and enjoy that liberty which he fought to bestow upon others,” to the Constitution of the United States, and to the Rights of Woman. Additionally, there is an article on a lottery to improve the “Federal City.” The library also has number 4936, February 4, 1795 (L2018G58.37): an article on the appointment of Oliver Wollcott as the new Secretary of the Treasury. Both papers are part of the Hamilton Newspaper and Ephemera Collection of Antonia Chambers, Esq.
