Alexander Hamilton

on Washington, 88, 246, 408, 424, 434, 478, 497, 498 Washington’s disillusionment with, 499–500 Whiskey Rebellion and, 478

  womanizing of, 315–16, 532, 664

  XYZ Affair and, 550–51

  Jews, 10, 17, 18, 20, 26

  Johnson, Peter, 207

  Johnson, Samuel, 122

  Johnson, Seth, 361, 490

  Johnson, Sir William, 207

  Johnson, William Samuel, 233, 239

  Jones, David S., 652

  Jones, James, 590

  Jones, Meriwether, 664

  Jones, Samuel, 226, 227

  judicial review, 198–99, 259

  judiciary, 6, 183, 647–49

  Federalist and, 248, 257–60

  in Virginia Plan, 230

  see also Supreme Court, U.S.

  Judiciary Act, 280, 647–49, 661

  Jumel, Eliza (Betsey Bowen), 722, 726

  Jumel, Stephen, 722

  Jefferson, Jane Randolph, 311

  Jefferson, Martha Wayles Skelton, 312, 315 Jefferson, Peter, 311

  Jefferson, Polly, 314

  Jefferson, Thomas, 133, 192, 217, 236, 310–24, 344,

  458–60, 623–28, 631–40, 645–49, 683 Adams’s relationship with, 515, 518, 519, 547 agrarian vision of, 3, 6, 370, 371, 375

  AH compared with, 4, 6, 17, 59, 60, 110, 183, 205,

  210, 287, 310–20, 390–93, 431, 627, 640 AH’s correspondence with, 356, 453

  AH’s death and, 714

  AH’s feud with, 2, 3, 5, 6, 25, 241–42, 253, 255,

  310, 313, 315, 316, 319, 321, 323–24, 341, 351,

  361, 389–408, 412, 417, 419, 422, 424–29, 436,

  437, 439–40, 445–47, 449–50, 453–55, 460, 496,

  506, 510, 512–15, 552, 611, 632, 663, 664, 713,

  727

  alleged atheism of, 609, 633, 659

  “Anas” scrapbook of, 397–98, 399, 423, 429, 434, 445 anti-Adams campaign of, 547, 549–50

  appearance of, 311, 639, 645–46, 657

  background of, 311–12, 517

  “bancomania” and, 380–81

  Bank of the United States and, 351–52, 354,

  357–59, 361

  botanizing tour of, 389–90, 396

  Burr’s relationship with, 610, 632, 644, 660, 672,

  677, 718

  Callender exposé and, 529, 531, 532, 535 debt assumption–capital site deal and, 326–31 debt of, 313–14

  Declaration of Independence and, 211, 212,

  312–13, 319, 518, 651

  deism and, 205, 659

  in election of 1796, 510–15, 609

  in election of 1800, 606, 607, 609, 610, 612, 615,

  624–28, 631–35, 646

  in election of 1804, 672, 678, 719

  and electoral tie of 1801, 635–38, 644, 677–78 Federalist deal with, 638, 639

  Federalist Papers and, 249, 315, 319

  flight of, 313, 450

  in France, 222, 225, 261, 310, 314–18, 356, 515,

  518, 519

  French Revolution and, 431–36, 438–47, 463, 547,

  549–52

  as governor of Virginia, 313, 450, 532

  health problems of, 496

  Hemings’s relationship with, 213, 314–15, 316,

  407, 512, 513, 531, 663–64

  as image maker, 639, 646, 657

  inauguration of, 638–39

  Jay Treaty and, 485, 490, 494, 496, 497, 639 Kentucky Resolutions and, 573–74

  on Lafayette, 96, 316

  Louisiana Purchase and, 671–72

  Kent, duke of (son of George III), 462 Kent, James, 187–88, 334, 390, 493, 501, 655 on AH’s oratory, 171, 190, 198, 264, 670 on Burr, 677, 680, 681, 721

  Croswell case and, 669, 670

  on Federalist, 246, 261, 390

  Grange visited by, 666

  Kentucky Resolutions, 573–74, 576, 577

  Kerelaw Castle, 13

  King, Mary Alsop, 285

  King, Rufus, 304, 324, 329, 334, 430, 446, 453, 460,

  567, 665, 666, 678, 724

  AH’s correspondence with, 427, 473, 476, 480–81,

  486, 498, 501, 515, 547, 574

  at Constitutional Convention, 232, 239, 285 elections and, 285–86, 420–21, 515, 673, 719 Hamilton-Burr duel and, 689–90, 691, 715 Jay Treaty and, 486, 489, 490, 493, 497, 498 “scrippomania” and, 359

  State Department appointment turned down by,

  504

  Troup’s correspondence with, 554, 555, 561, 584,

  606, 637, 644

  King’s College, 30, 44, 47–54, 56, 61, 67–72, 240, 293,

  659

  British occupation of, 81

  legal studies at, 52, 71–72, 167, 168

  militia at, 63, 67, 71

  mob action at, 63–64, 68, 69

  see also Columbia College

  Kirkland, Rev. Samuel, 337–38

  Kline, Mary-Jo, 588, 677

  Knox, Henry, 85, 100, 115, 144, 164, 184, 478 army organization and, 557–60, 562

  Reynolds affair and, 535, 536–37

  as secretary of war, 289, 291, 329, 339, 358, 393,

  440, 441, 445, 446, 471, 558, 596–97

  Society of the Cincinnati and, 216

  Knox, Hugh, 34–38, 41, 42, 43, 63, 68, 74, 207–8,

  209

  Kortright, Cornelius, 31, 38

  Kortright and Company, 41

  Kortright and Cruger, 31–32, 41

  Lansing, Robert, Jr., 266–67

  Constitutional Convention and, 227, 228, 230–32, 236, 241, 266–67

  La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, duc de, 119–20, 188, 464 Latin America, revolution in, 566–68

  Latrobe, Benjamin, 363, 661

  Laurance, John, 188, 198, 325, 502

  Laurens, Henry, 94, 95, 106, 120–25, 172, 213 Laurens, John, 94–97, 106, 115

  as abolitionist, 94, 121–23, 210

  AH’s correspondence with, 95, 97, 121, 123–28, 130, 132, 139–40, 143, 144, 151, 172

  AH’s intimate friendship with, 94, 95, 97, 123, 132, 172–73

  background of, 94–95

  capture of, 138

  Charles Lee’s duel with, 116–17, 124

  death of, 172–73

  as envoy to France, 150, 161

  promotion of, 120–21

  in Yorktown siege, 161, 163

  Laurens, Martha Manning, 95

  Lavien, Johann Michael, 10–12, 615

  possible Jewish roots of, 10, 26

  revenge of, 11, 20–21, 25, 28, 39

  Lavien, Peter, 11, 12, 20–21, 25–26, 207

  Lavien, Rachel Faucette, see Hamilton, Rachel Faucette Lavien

  Lear, Tobias, 413, 601

  Lee, Charles, 113–17, 124, 423

  Lee, Henry (Light-Horse Harry), 301, 326, 333, 352, 427, 601

  in American Revolution, 98, 99, 112

  Whiskey Rebellion and, 473, 475–77

  Lee, Richard Henry, 104

  Lee, Robert E., 98

  Leeward Islands, 9, 14

  see also Nevis; St. Kitts

  legislative branch, 6, 183, 230, 351, 352, 498 see also Congress, U.S.; House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.

  L’Enfant, Pierre Charles, 276, 386, 387

  Lenox, David, 470

  Létombe, Joseph, 547, 550

  Letter from Alexander Hamilton... (Hamilton), 619–26, 636, 638

  “Letter from Phocion” (Hamilton):

  first, 196–97, 245

  second, 197, 245

  Lewis, Mary, see Reynolds, Maria

  Lewis, Morgan, 188, 198, 335, 668, 670, 674, 676, 680, 717

  Lewis, Susannah, see Livingston, Susannah Lewis Lexington, Battle of (1775), 61, 62, 63, 68, 94 libel, 124–25, 445, 550, 668–71, 684

  Alien and Sedition Acts and, 570–72, 575–77, 599, 668, 669

  Burr and, 673, 675–76

  election of 1804 and, 674, 675–76

  Lincoln, Abraham, 508

  Lincoln, Benjamin, 556, 562

&nb
sp; Lippmann, Walter, 299

  Little Sarah (La Petite démocrate), 440, 441 Livingston, Brockholst, 44, 48, 188, 190, 198, 216, 493, 590, 603–6, 607

  Livingston, Catharine (Kitty), 44, 93–94, 129 Livingston, Edward, 321, 490–91

  Livingston, Gilbert J., 366

  Livingston, Margaret, 226

  Livingston, Maturin, 491, 492

  Livingston, Peter R., 489, 490, 588

  Livingston, Robert R., 56, 90, 97, 105, 133, 200, 216, 226, 263, 277, 286, 303, 321, 389–90, 490, 610, 663 AH’s correspondence with, 183–84

  treasury secretary position and, 287–88

  Livingston, Sarah, 44

  Livingston, Susanna, 363

  Livingston, Susannah Lewis, 366

  Livingston, William, 43–47, 61, 70, 72, 93, 114, 216, 325

  Livingston family, 285–86

  Locke, John, 398

  Lodge, Henry Cabot, 28, 110, 355, 436, 481, 609, 622 London:

  Church family in, 203–5, 281–82, 301, 464, 465, 485 Jefferson’s reception in, 392, 395

  Long Island, 79, 160, 189, 502

  Lossing, Benson J., 730

  Loudon, Samuel, 249–50

  Louis XIV, king of France, 8, 170

  Louis XVI, king of France, 96, 119, 165, 335, 432–33, 436, 437, 442, 445, 464

  Louis XVIII, king of France, 598

  Louisiana, 437, 566, 568, 720

  Louisiana Purchase, 671–72, 678

  Lyon, Matthew, 569, 575

  Lytton, Ann, see Mitchell, Ann Lytton Venton Lytton, Ann Faucette, 8–10, 22, 39

  Lytton, James, Jr., 22

  Lytton, James, Sr., 9, 10, 22, 25, 26, 39, 641

  Lytton, Peter, 24–27, 39

  McHenry, James (cont.)

  firing of, 611–16, 619–20

  as secretary of war, 504, 523, 524, 547, 553, 557, 558, 559, 563, 565, 566, 593, 595, 596, 611–14, 623

  Machiavelli, Niccolò, 24, 550

  McKitrick, Eric, 390, 391, 395, 487

  Maclay, William, 279, 302–5, 308, 309, 311, 402 AH criticized by, 302–4, 324, 329–30, 342–43 on selection of capital site, 325, 327, 329–30 McLean, Archibald, 248

  McNobeny, Thomas, 27

  Macomb, Alexander, 379–80, 382, 384

  Madison, Dolley Payne Todd, 453, 730

  Madison, James, 174–78, 192, 222–25, 277, 280, 287, 338, 344, 432, 458–60, 462, 481, 538, 640, 663 AH’s collaboration with, 4, 173–76, 223, 247–52, 254–57, 261, 321, 326–31, 408

  AH’s correspondence with, 262, 263, 264, 266, 267, 272, 294, 296

  AH’s death and, 714

  AH’s feud with, 5, 6, 174, 251, 296–97, 304–6, 319, 321–23, 346, 351, 383, 389–92, 395–97, 399–402, 404, 408, 412, 417, 422, 424–27, 442–43, 727 Annapolis conference and, 222–24

  appearance of, 174, 251, 321

  background of, 174–75, 517

  Bank of the United States and, 349–52, 354, 357, 358, 359

  Bill of Rights and, 280, 304, 307

  botanizing tour of, 389–90, 396

  Constitutional Convention and, 4, 223–24, 227–29, 232–34, 238, 239, 241, 304, 321, 351, 354, 573–74

  in Continental Congress, 174–78, 181, 182 education of, 48, 175, 396

  election of 1796 and, 509, 510, 511

  excise tax supported by, 342

  farewell speech drafted by, 505, 506

  Federalist Papers and, 4, 223, 247–52, 254–57, 261, 270, 304, 310, 321, 350, 390, 408, 442, 497, 666 French Revolution and, 433, 436–37, 442–44, 446, 463, 547, 550–51

  in House of Representatives, 280, 294, 304–7, 319–24, 326–31, 349–51, 458–59, 498, 499, 539 Jay Treaty and, 485, 486, 490, 496–99

  Jefferson’s correspondence with, 137, 222, 223, 225, 249, 287–88, 310, 314, 316, 319, 352, 357, 359, 408, 438, 441, 443–44, 446, 449–50, 458, 460, 483, 490, 496, 504–5, 519, 550–51, 622, 671 Jefferson’s relationship with, 88, 173, 319–22, 401, 511, 515, 525

  marriage of, 453

  “Pacificus” essays and, 442–43

  as president, 647, 672, 725, 727

  Report on Public Credit and, 296–97, 304–6 as Republican, 391–92, 478, 498, 499, 504–5, 525 Minutemen, 62

  Mirabeau, comte de, 465

  Miranda, Francisco de, 566–68

  Mitchell, Andrew, 372

  Mitchell, Ann Lytton Venton, 38–39, 209, 261, 697, 725

  Mitchell, Broadus, 499, 631

  Mitchell, George, 209

  Moir, Alexander, 21

  Molière, 38

  money banks, 200, 201

  money supply, expansion of, 347, 348

  “Monitor, The” (Hamilton), 70–72

  Monmouth, Battle of (1778), 113–18, 161

  Monroe, James, 460, 537–42, 573, 608, 659, 714 AH’s correspondence with, 538, 540–41 AH’s feud with, 5, 408, 424, 537–41, 727–28 in American Revolution, 45, 538

  background of, 538–39

  Eliza Schuyler Hamilton’s visit from, 727–28 French Revolution and, 529, 539

  Jefferson’s correspondence with, 316, 357, 436, 438, 637

  Jefferson’s relationship with, 538

  as minister to France, 461, 463, 529, 539, 540 Reynolds affair and, 414–17, 424, 425, 427, 529–33, 537–41, 727

  slavery and, 581, 628

  Montaigne, Michel de, 110

  Montesquieu, baron de La Brède et de, 254, 296 Monticello, 212, 312–15, 408, 428, 453, 498, 512, 513, 515, 572, 663, 664

  Moore, Rev. Benjamin, 56, 542, 706–7, 708, 713 Morgan, Daniel, 556

  Morris, Gouverneur, 48, 50, 56, 90, 98, 177, 224, 261, 295, 304, 334, 619, 661, 666

  AH’s correspondence with, 630, 633, 636, 657–58

  AH’s death and, 706, 708, 709, 711–13, 724, 725 at Constitutional Convention, 233, 239–41 Federalist and, 247, 248

  French Revolution and, 433, 437

  as minister to France, 433, 461

  Morris, Robert, 105, 155–57, 170–71, 180, 194, 200, 212, 286, 327, 440, 452

  Morristown, N.J., 85–86, 91–94, 104, 127–33, 135, 136, 137, 724

  Morton, Cornelia Schuyler, 129

  Morton, Washington, 129

  Mount Vernon, 87, 212, 228, 248, 271, 279, 291, 326, 403, 408, 435, 499, 557, 600, 727

  Muhlenberg, Frederick, 409, 413–17, 427, 429, 455, 480, 530, 532–33, 537–41, 562

  Mulligan, Hercules, 41–42, 47, 63, 69, 73, 216 in American Revolution, 42, 57, 67, 78, 79, 80, 185

  Murray, William Vans, 593–94, 597

  New York (state) (cont.)

  debt of, 323

  education in, 206, 214, 337–38, 581, 582, 729 elections in, 91, 149, 273–76, 285–86, 421, 588, 606–10, 612, 625, 644–45, 650, 672–82 import duties in, 221

  land grants in, 177, 206

  law in, 168–69, 195, 198–99

  legislature of, 169, 171–72, 195, 197, 199, 214, 215–16, 219–22, 262, 338, 670; see also New York Assembly; New York Senate

  political families in, 285–86

  secession threat and, 678

  slavery in, 210–11, 213–16, 220, 239, 306, 515, 580–81

  Society of the Cincinnati in, 216–18, 283–84, 304, 601, 692, 709, 711, 723

  Tories in, 42, 49, 53, 56–58, 62–65, 67–70, 75, 81, 159–60, 169, 183–86, 188, 194–99, 318 New York Assembly, 214, 219–22, 285, 581, 607, 669 AH as candidate for, 186, 219

  AH in, 5, 221–22, 226–27, 261

  Burr in, 581, 586, 588, 590

  New York City, 39, 48–82, 182–207, 251, 315–16, 318–31, 462, 472, 482–85, 581–90, 640–45, 677, 685–700, 704–16

  AH’s arrival in, 41–42

  AH’s funeral in, 711–13

  AH’s homes in, 185–86, 204, 335, 484, 665, 695, 697–700; see also Grange, the (Hamilton estate) AH’s vision for, 186

  Assembly Room of, 494–95

  “bancomania” in, 380–81

  banks in, 5, 199–202, 219, 276, 288, 292, 358, 360, 380, 586–88

  Bayard mansi
on in, 705–9

  British occupation of, 42, 80–81, 97, 98, 112, 118, 127, 160, 165, 167, 184, 194, 197–99

  as capital, 182, 274, 276–309, 318–30

  coffeehouses in, 382, 488, 489, 661, 705, 710 colonial evacuation of, 74, 78

  Common (The Fields) in, 50, 55–56, 67, 73, 75, 77, 197, 499

  Constitution welcomed in, 263, 268–69 Continental Congress in, 182

  defense preparations in, 74

  described, 49–51

  elections of 1800 in, 606–10, 612, 625

  espionage in, 42, 70

  Evacuation Day (Nov. 25, 1783) in, 184–85 Federal Hall (City Hall) in, 276, 280, 301, 305, 324, 338, 489

  fires in, 81, 184, 197, 515

  flight of Tories from, 183–84, 185, 188

  Fourth of July in, 283–85, 651, 652, 654

  Fraunces Tavern in, 67, 185, 692

  hangings in, 76, 81

  Lafayette, Adrienne de Noailles, 96–97

  Lafayette, George Washington, 96, 502–3

  Lafayette, marquis de, 263

  AH’s correspondence with, 168, 172, 317–18, 434, 503

  AH’s relationship with, 95–97, 119, 150, 502

  in American Revolution, 87, 88, 95–97, 113, 114, 119, 128, 139, 140, 141, 149, 150, 151, 160–62, 373

  in French Revolution, 316–18, 433–34, 502–3

  Yorktown siege and, 160–62

  Lamb, John, 56, 201

  land, foreigners’ ownership of, 589

  land banks, 200, 201

  land grants, 177, 206, 299

  Lansing, John, Jr., 674

  McComb, John B., Jr., 605, 641–42

  McCulloch v. Maryland, 355, 648

  McCullough, David, 521, 525, 593, 625

  McDonald, Forrest, 168, 210–11

  McDougall, Alexander, 54, 55–56, 68, 70, 72, 85, 169 AH’s correspondence with, 86

  Bank of New York and, 200, 201

  McHenry, James, 90, 92–93, 127, 133, 134, 140, 141, 148, 335, 624, 626–27

  AH’s correspondence with, 152, 553, 595, 596, 615–16

  army organization and, 557, 558, 559, 563, 565, 566

  Reynolds affair and, 414, 425, 535

  as secretary of state, 639, 671, 718

  secretary-of-state position rejected by, 458 Shays’s Rebellion and, 225

  slavery and, 175, 213, 306–7, 581, 628

  as strict constructionist, 252, 350, 443

  Virginia Resolutions and, 573–74

  war and standing armies rejected by, 552–53 Washington’s break with, 498, 499

  on Whiskey Rebellion, 478

  Malone, Dumas, 311, 573

  Manhattan Company, 585–90, 603, 604, 633

  Manhattan Well Tragedy, 603–6, 642, 649

  Manning, Martha, see Laurens, Martha Manning

  Mansfield, Lord, 94

  manufacturing, 45, 277, 646