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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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The Portsmouth Journal clarifies that the controversial 'Ohio Letter' was not authored by a New Hampshire Congress member, contrary to Ohio papers' claims. Information from a Cincinnati source indicates it was addressed to Gen. Findlay, with the writer's name withheld.
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"We have information upon which we entirely rely, that this famous document [the Ohio Letter] was not written, as the Editors of the Ohio papers stated by "a Representative in Congress from New-Hampshire," nor by any other member of Congress. We have moreover what we believe to be the name of the person who actually wrote that letter: but it is not material at present that the name should be made public."
"Our information is derived from a gentleman of high respectability in Cincinnati, who writes us as follows. "The letter was directed to Gen. Findlay, our Representative in Congress; a friend of mine has read the original, and assures me that the signature, whether genuine or not, is"—. The name we omit for the present."
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the letter was not written by a new-hampshire congress member; writer's name withheld.
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The Portsmouth Journal reports reliable information that the 'Ohio Letter' was not authored by a Representative in Congress from New-Hampshire or any other member of Congress, despite claims by Ohio papers. The letter was directed to Gen. Findlay, and the actual writer's name is known but not disclosed.