Alexander Hamilton (156 page)

56. Ibid., p. 472, “The Federalist No. 34,” January 5, 1788.

57. Ibid., p. 461, “The Federalist No. 32,” January 2, 1788.

58. Ibid., p. 482, “The Federalist No. 35,” January 5, 1788.

59. Ibid., p. 483, “The Federalist No. 36,” January 8, 1788.

60. Ibid., p. 548, “The Federalist No. 60,” February 23, 1788.

61. Ibid., p. 567, “The Federalist No. 63,” March 1, 1788.

62. Ibid., p. 575, “The Federalist No. 66,” March 7, 1788.

63. Ibid., p. 599, “The Federalist No. 70,” March 15, 1788.

64. Ibid., p. 605.

65. Ibid., p. 609, “The Federalist No. 71,” March 18, 1788.

66. Ibid., p. 612, “The Federalist No. 72,” March 19, 1788.

67. Ibid., p. 625, “The Federalist No. 74,” March 25, 1788.

68. Ibid., p. 636, “The Federalist No. 76,” April 1, 1788.

69. Ibid., vol. 25, p. 550, “The Examination,” no. 14,
New-York Evening Post,
March 2, 1801.

70. Ibid., vol. 4, p. 658, “The Federalist No. 78,” May 28, 1778.

71. Ibid., p. 697, “The Federalist No. 83,” May 28, 1788.

72. Ibid., p. 706, “The Federalist No. 84,” May 28, 1788.

73. Ibid., p. 705.

74. Ibid., p. 721, “The Federalist No. 85,” May 28, 1788.

75. Ibid.

76.
PAH,
vol. 4, p. 650, letter to Gouverneur Morris, May 19, 1788.

77. Wills,
Explaining America,
p. xvi.

78. Bailyn,
To Begin the World Anew,
p. 101.

79. Jefferson,
Papers of Thomas Jefferson,
vol. 13, p. 156.

80.
PAH,
vol. 4, p. 409, “The Federalist No. 22,” December 14, 1787.

81. LC-AHP, reel 30, letter from James Kent to Elizabeth Hamilton, December 20, 1832.

82.
PAH,
vol. 4, pp. 649–50, letter to James Madison, May 19, 1788.

83. NYPL-AYP.

84.
PAH,
vol. 4, p. 649, letter to James Madison, May 19, 1788.

85. Bowen,
Miracle at Philadelphia,
p. 293.

86.
PAH,
vol. 5, p. 3, letter to James Madison, June 8, 1788.

87. Ibid., vol. 4, p. 641, “Federalist No. 77,” April 2, 1788.

88. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 49.

89.
The William and Mary Quarterly,
July 1967.

90.
PAH,
vol. 5, p. 10, letter to James Madison, June 19, 1788.

91. Cooke,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 15.

92. LC-AHP, reel 30, letter from James Kent to Elizabeth Hamilton, December 20, 1832.

93. Burrows and Wallace,
Gotham,
p. 292.

94.
PAH,
vol. 5, p. 16, speech of June 19, 1788.

95. Ibid., p. 18, speech of June 20, 1788.

96. Ibid., p. 26.

97. Ibid., p. 43, speech of June 21, 1788.

98. Ibid., p. 37.

99. Kaminski,
George Clinton,
p. 151.

100. Ibid.

101.
The William and Mary Quarterly,
July 1967.

102.
PAH,
vol. 5, p. 68, speech of June 24, 1788.

103. Ibid., p. 67.

104. Ibid., p. 91, letter to James Madison, June 27, 1788.

105.
The Daily Advertiser,
July 4, 1788.

106. NYPL-AYP.

107. NYHS-MM, reel 4, letter from Abraham Bancker to Evert Bancker, June 28, 1788.

108. Smith,
John Marshall,
p. 119.

109. Berkin,
Brilliant Solution,
p. 188.

110.
The Daily Advertiser,
July 12, 1788.

111. Kaminski,
George Clinton,
p. 166.

112. Burrows and Wallace,
Gotham,
p. 293.

113.
The William and Mary Quarterly,
July 1967.

114. Ibid.

115. Burrows and Wallace,
Gotham,
p. 293.

116. Brookhiser,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 74.

Fourteen: Putting the Machine in Motion

1.
PAH,
vol. 5, p. 202, letter to George Washington, August 13, 1788.

2. Ibid., p. 207, letter from George Washington, August 28, 1788.

3. Ibid., p. 221, letter to George Washington, September 1788.

4. Ibid., p. 223, letter from George Washington, October 3, 1788.

5. Ibid., p. 234, letter to George Washington, November 18, 1788.

6. Ferling,
John Adams,
p. 298.

7.
PAH,
vol. 5, p. 248, letter to James Wilson, January 25, 1789.

8. Ibid., p. 225, letter to Theodore Sedgwick, October 9, 1788.

9. Ibid., p. 231, letter to Theodore Sedgwick, November 9, 1788.

10. Ferling,
John Adams,
p. 299.

11. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 409.

12.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 191,
Letter from Alexander Hamilton,
October 24, 1800.

13. Kaminski,
George Clinton,
p. 178.

14.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 479, letter to Isaac Ledyard, February 18, 1789.

15. Ibid., vol. 5, p. 263, “H. G. Letter I,”
The Daily Advertiser,
February 20, 1789.

16. Ibid., p. 265, “H. G. Letter II,”
The Daily Advertiser,
February 21, 1789.

17. Ibid., p. 269, “H. G. Letter IV,”
The Daily Advertiser,
February 24, 1789.

18. Ibid., p. 292, “H. G. Letter XI,”
The Daily Advertiser,
March 7, 1789.

19. Ibid., p. 298, “H. G. Letter XIII,”
The Daily Advertiser,
March 9, 1789.

20. Kaminski,
George Clinton,
p. 182.

21. Ibid., p. 187.

22. Ibid., p. 182.

23. Ibid., p. 186.

24. Ibid., p. 187.

25. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National Adventure,
p. 560.

26.
PAH,
vol. 5, pp. 321–22, letter of April 7, 1789, to the New York State Electors.

27. Burrows and Wallace,
Gotham,
p. 297.

28. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 283.

29. Baxter,
Godchild of Washington,
p. 224.

30. Ibid.

31. Sullivan,
Public Men of the Revolution,
p. 117.

32. Van Doren,
Benjamin Franklin,
p. 772.

33. Ferling,
John Adams,
p. 302.

34. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 48.

35. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 315.

36. Smith,
Patriarch,
p. 291.

37. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 413.

38. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 208.

39. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 40.

40. LC-AHP, reel 30, letter from James Kent to Elizabeth Hamilton, December 20, 1832.

41. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 9.

42.
PAH,
vol. 4, p. 375, letter to Angelica Church, December 6, 1787.

43. Ibid., p. 279, letter from Angelica Church, October 2, 1787.

44. Humphreys,
Catherine Schuyler,
p. 201.

45. Foreman,
Georgiana,
p. 45.

46. CU-HPPP, box 264, letter from Angelica Church to Elizabeth Hamilton, January 23, 1792.

47. Ibid.

48. Ibid., June 3, 1792.

49. Emery,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 126.

50.
PAH,
vol. 5, p. 501, letter to Angelica Church, November 8, 1789.

51. Ibid.

52. Ibid.

53. Ibid., p. 502, letter from Elizabeth Hamilton to Angelica Church, November 8, 1789.

54. Flexner,
Washington,
p. 219.

55.
PAH,
vol. 6, p. 334,
Greenleaf’s New York Journal and Patriotic Register,
April 15, 1790.

56. MHi-TPP, reel 51, p. 153.

57.
PAH,
vol. 5, p. 348, “Eulogy on Nathanael Greene,” July 4, 1789.

58. Ibid., p. 350.

59. Meleny,
Public Life of Aedanus Burke,
p. 193.

60.
PAH,
vol. 5, p. 351, “Eulogy on Nathanael Greene,” July 4, 1789.

61. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 138.

62. Ibid., p. 139.

63.
PAH,
vol. 5, p. 360, letter from Robert Troup, July 12, 1789.

64. Custis,
Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington,
pp. 349–50.

65. McDonald,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 128.

66. Custis,
Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington,
p. 351.

67. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National Adventure,
p. 22.

68. LC-AHP, reel 31, “Additional Facts Relative to the Life and Character of General Hamilton,” January 1, 1821.

69.
PAH,
vol. 21, p. 78, letter to William Hamilton, May 2, 1797.

70. Madison,
Papers of James Madison,
vol. 12, p. 185.

71. NYHS-MM, reel 4, letter from Abraham Bancker to Evert Bancker, July 16, 1789.

72.
PAH,
vol. 2, p. 417, letter to James Duane, September 3, 1780.

73. Cooke,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 27.

74.
PAH,
vol. 9, p. 30, “Conversations with George Beckwith,” August 12, 1791.

75. Ellis,
Founding Brothers,
p. 124.

76.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 214,
Letter from Alexander Hamilton,
October 24, 1800.

77. Custis,
Recollections and Private Memoirs of George Washington,
p. 214.

Fifteen: Villainous Business

1. Callahan,
Henry Knox,
pp. 235–36.

2. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 46.

3.
PAH,
vol. 5, p. 579, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, November 1789.

4. Ibid., p. 422, letter to Jeremiah Wadsworth, October 3, 1789.

5. Ibid., vol. 18, p. 292, letter to Joseph Anthony, March 11, 1795.

6. Ibid., vol. 5, p. 369, letter to Samuel Meredith, September 13, 1789.

7. “William Duer and the Business of Government in the Era of the American Revolution,”
The William and Mary Quarterly,
July 1975.

8. Ibid.

9.
PAH,
vol. 13, p. 526, “On James Blanchard,” January 1793.

10. Ibid., vol. 5, p. 486, “Conversation with George Beckwith,” October 1789.

11. Ibid., p. 482.

12. Ibid., p. 488.

13. Ibid., p. 482.

14. Ibid.

15. Ibid., p. 487.

16. Ibid., vol. 6, p. 53.

17. Ibid., p. 54.

18. Ibid., vol. 5, p. 464, letter from John Witherspoon, October 26, 1789.

19. Ibid., p. 439, letter to James Madison, October 12, 1789.

20. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 114.

21.
PAH,
vol. 5, p. 526, letter from James Madison, November 19, 1789.

22. Ibid., vol. 6, p. 69,
Report on Public Credit, January
1790.

23. Ibid., p. 67.

24. Ibid., p. 96.

25. Ibid., p. 73.

26. Ibid., p. 78.

27. Knott,
Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth,
p. 95.

28.
PAH,
vol. 6, p. 98,
Report on Public Credit,
January 1790.

29. Ibid., p. 100.

30. Ibid., p. 106.

31. Ibid., vol. 12, p. 570, “Fact No. II,”
National Gazette,
Philadelphia, October 16, 1792.

32. Ibid., vol. 18, p. 102, “Report on a Plan for the Further Support of the Public Credit,” January 16, 1795.

33. Ibid.

34.
PAH,
vol. 6, p. 1, letter to Henry Lee, December 1, 1789.

35. Ibid., p. 50, letter to Angelica Church, January 7, 1790.

36. Gordon,
Hamilton’s Blessing,
pp. 40–41.

37.
PAH,
vol. 18, p. 116, “Report on a Plan for the Further Support of the Public Credit,” January 16, 1795.

38. Maclay,
Journal of William Maclay,
p. 177.

39. Ibid.

40. Ibid., p. 188.

41.
PAH,
vol. 12, p. 249, letter to George Washington, August 18, 1792.

42. Maclay,
Journal of William Maclay,
p. 332.

43. Burrows and Wallace,
Gotham,
p. 304.

44. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 141.

45. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National Adventure,
p. 45.

46. Madison,
Papers of James Madison,
vol. 13, p. 98.

47. Gordon,
Hamilton’s Blessing,
p. 28.

48.
PAH,
vol. 6, p. 436, letter to George Washington May 28, 1790.

49. Maclay,
Journal of William Maclay,
p. 189.

50. Ibid., p. 194.

51. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 279.

52. Adams,
New Letters of Abigail Adams,
p. 37.

53. Maclay,
Journal of William Maclay,
p. 201.

54. Madison,
Papers of James Madison,
vol. 13, p. 147.

55. Ibid.

56. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 310.

57. Ellis,
Founding Brothers,
p. 84.

58. Hamilton,
Life of Alexander Hamilton,
vol. 4, p. 99.

59. Ellis,
Founding Brothers,
p. 114.

60.
New York Historical Society Quarterly,
October 1948.

61.
The New Yorker,
March 10, 2003.

62.
Greenleaf’s New York Journal and Patriotic Register,
April 15, 1790.

63. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 30.

64. Ibid., p. 29.