Jeebus! Alexander Hamilton Used "Thorn" in Official Documents!
Alexander Hamilton’s Final Version of the Report on the Subject of Manufactures:
Philadelphia, December 5, 1791
To the Speaker of the House of Representatives:
The Secretary of the Treasury in obedience to the order of þe House of Representatives, of the 15th day of January 1790, has applied his attention, at as early a period as his other duties would permit, to the subject of Manufactures; and particularly to the means of promoting such as will tend to render the United States, independent on foreign nations, for military and other essential supplies. And he thereupon respectfully submits the following Report…
