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came a letter from one of the grandsons of Alexander Hamilton 
stating that the trees were LIME TREES which his ancestor had ob- 
The group of sweet oe trees planted by Alexander Hamilton, Con- 
‘aph. 
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vent Ave and 143rd St., New York c From a recent photogr: 
tained from Mount Vernon on one of his visits to Washington. 
Now the facts of the case are that these trees are not oaks and 
