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Kevin -- I'm not sure who floated the idea -- but my notes indicate it was the buzz floating around Philadelphia in the summer of 1787. According to my notes, the candidate was either a Prussian prince (and I seem to think I remember that an invitation was actually sent -- under whose authority I know not - but declined), or Prince Frederick, the Duke of York -- the second son of George III. [Wikipedia indicates that the Duke of York story was in the newspapers in 1787, but gives no details].
Perhaps all of it was just loose talk to undermine the Constitutional Convention. Or maybe some conservatives were arguing that a monarchy would stabilize the situation of the 1780s. Personally, I could well imagine Hamilton as a monarchist (and not simply a monocrat).
David
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David--
Do you recall who floated that idea--and where and when and so on?
It would not surprise me overly if some conservative Americans broached the notion--but I am curious to the particular context.
Thanks!
Kevin
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