original passage: Madison did not immediately dispute Hamilton's list, but provided his own list for the 1818 Gideon edition of "The Federalist". Madison claimed 29 essays for himself, and he suggested that the difference between the two lists was "owing doubtless to the hurry in which [Hamilton's] memorandum was made out." A known error in Hamilton's list—Hamilton incorrectly ascribed No. 54 to John Jay, when in fact, Jay wrote No. 64—provided some evidence for Madison's suggestion.
original sentence: A known error in Hamilton's list—Hamilton incorrectly ascribed No.
sentence2: If a collector was trying to ascertain whether a unidentified manuscript was indeed an example of James Madison's list from the 1818 Gideon edition of "The Federalist", would seeing Hamilton listed as the author of Number 54 instead of Jay be evidence of authenticity?
sentence1: Madison did not immediately dispute Hamilton's list, but provided his own list for the 1818 Gideon edition of "The Federalist". Madison claimed 29 essays for himself, and he suggested that the difference between the two lists was "owing doubtless to the hurry in which [Hamilton's] memorandum was made out." Madison's list, however, erroneously declared that Hamilton himself had claimed credit for No. 54 when in fact, it was well known (even to Hamilton) that Jay wrote both No. 54 and No. 64—and this provided some evidence that Hamilton used to rebut Madison's suggestion.