Alexander Hamilton (165 page)

37. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 578; Brodie,
Thomas Jefferson,
p. 349.

38. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 4, p. 212.

39. Brodie,
Thomas Jefferson,
p. 352.

40. Ibid., p. 360.

41. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 4, p. 231; Brodie,
Thomas Jefferson,
p. 353.

42. Brodie,
Thomas Jefferson,
p. 352.

43. Brookhiser,
America’s First Dynasty,
p. 55.

44. Ellis,
Passionate Sage,
p. 115.

45. Brodie,
Thomas Jefferson,
p. 353.

46.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 36, letter from Philip Schuyler, August 19, 1802.

47.
The William and Mary Quarterly,
1955.

48. Brodie,
Thomas Jefferson,
p. 356.

49. Ibid., p. 350.

50. Ibid., p. 356.

Forty: The Price of Truth

1. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 4, p. 326.

2. Hamilton,
Federalist,
p. cxi.

3. Kent,
Memoirs and Letters of James Kent,
p. 143.

4. Ibid., p. 317.

5. Ibid., p. 328.

6. Ibid., p. 143.

7. Ibid., p. 33.

8.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 93, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, March 13, 1803.

9. Ibid., pp. 94–95, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, March [16–17], 1803.

10. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 4, p. 135.

11.
The New York Times,
July 3, 2001.

12. Knott,
Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth,
p. 21; Bailyn,
To Begin the World Anew,
p. 53.

13.
LPAH,
vol. 1, p. 776.

14. Fleming,
Duel,
p. 167.

15. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 4, p. 232.

16.
LPAH,
vol. 1, p. 784.

17. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 178.

18.
Speeches at Full Length of Mr. Van Ness,
p. 62.

19. Ibid., p. 64.

20. Ibid., p. 65.

21. Ibid.

22. Ibid., p. 69.

23. Ibid., p. 70.

24. Ibid., p. 76.

25. Ibid., p. 72.

26. Ibid., p. 77.

27. Fleming,
Duel,
p. 175.

28. MHi-TPP, reel 16, p. 340, letter from Thomas Pickering to William Coleman, September 11, 1827.

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

30.
The New Criterion,
May 1999.

31. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 4, p. 331.

32.
New-York Evening Post,
February 8, 1803.

33. Ibid., July 5, 1803.

34. Jefferson,
Anas of Thomas Jefferson,
p. 224.

35. Ibid.

36. Jefferson,
Works of Thomas Jefferson,
p. 378.

37. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 341.

38. Biddle,
Autobiography of Charles Biddle,
p. 302.

39. Fleming,
Duel,
p. 209.

40.
American Citizen,
January 6, 1804.

41. Ibid., January 14, 1804.

42.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 187, “Speech at a Meeting of Federalists in Albany,” February 10, 1804.

43. Davis,
Memoirs of Aaron Burr,
vol. 2, p. 277.

44.
American Citizen,
March 1, 1804.

45.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 193, letter to Robert G. Harper, February 19, 1804.

46. Davis,
Memoirs of Aaron Burr,
vol. 2, p. 293.

47. Strong,
Letters of George W. Strong,
p. 218.

48.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 200, letter to George Clinton, February 27, 1804.

49. Ibid., p. 210, letter from George Clinton, March 6, 1804.

50. Fleming,
Duel,
p. 228.

51. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 343.

52. Parton,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
p. 364.

53. NYPL-KVB, p. v.4.

54. Ibid.

55. Ibid.

56. Ibid.

57. Ibid.

58. Davis,
Memoirs of Aaron Burr,
vol. 2, p. 281.

59. Ibid.

60. Ibid.

61. Steiner,
Life and Correspondence of James McHenry,
p. 530.

62.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 225, letter to Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, April 20, 1804.

63. Fleming,
Duel,
p. 235.

64. Ellis,
Founding Brothers,
pp. 46–47.

65. Biddle,
Autobiography of Charles Biddle,
p. 309.

66. Parton,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
p. 335.

67. Burr,
Political Correspondence and Public Papers of Aaron Burr,
vol. 2, p. 839.

68. Davis,
Memoirs of Aaron Burr,
vol. 2, p. 285.

69. LC-AHP, reel 30, letter from Adam Hoops to James A. Hamilton, March 30, 1829.

70. Ibid.

71. Ibid.

72. Morris,
Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris,
p. 454.

73. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 4, p. 403.

74. LC-AHP, reel 30, letter from Major James Fairlie to John Church Hamilton, March 21, 1829.

75. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 4, p. 430.

76.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 310.

Forty-one: A Despicable Opinion

1. CU-DWCP, reel 1, letter from John Tayler to De Witt Clinton, April 8, 1804.

2.
American Citizen,
July 23, 1804.

3. Fleming,
Duel,
p. 232.

4. NYPL-KVB, p. v.4, letter from Charles D. Cooper to Philip Schuyler, April 23, 1804, quoted in an anonymous handbill.

5. Ibid.

6.
New-York Evening Post,
October 13, 1802.

7.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 240.

8. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 188.

9. Biddle,
Autobiography of Charles Biddle,
p. 305.

10. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 326.

11. Fleming,
Duel,
p. 283.

12.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 237.

13. Van Doren,
Benjamin Franklin,
p. 711.

14. Sullivan,
Public Men of the Revolution,
p. 266.

15.
PAH,
vol. 24, p. 5, letter to Josiah Ogden Hoffman, November 6, 1799.

16. Biddle,
Autobiography of Charles Biddle,
p. 302.

17. Ogden,
Four Letters on the Death of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 9.

18.
Speeches at Full Length of Mr. Van Ness,
p. 67.

19. NYHS-MM, reel 11, Nathaniel Pendleton, obituary notice for Alexander Hamilton.

20.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 243, letter from Aaron Burr, June 18, 1804.

21. Ibid., p. 247, “William P. Van Ness’s Narrative of the Events of June 18–21, 1804.”

22. Ibid.

23. Ibid., p. 248, letter to Aaron Burr, June 20, 1804.

24. Ibid.

25. Ibid., p. 249.

26. Ibid., p. 250, letter from Aaron Burr, June 21, 1804.

27. Ibid., p. 251, “William P. Van Ness’s Narrative of the Events of June 22, 1804.”

28. Ibid.

29. Ibid., p. 252.

30. Davis,
Memoirs of Aaron Burr,
vol. 2, p. 303.

31.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 252, “Nathaniel Pendleton’s Narrative of the Events of June 22, 1804.”

32. Ibid., p. 264, “William P. Van Ness’s Narrative of Later Events of June 25, 1804.”

33. Ibid., p. 253, letter to Aaron Burr, June 22, 1804.

34. Ibid., vol. 19, p. 397, letter to George Washington, November 5, 1795.

35. Fleming,
Duel,
p. 347.

36. LC-WPP, reel 1, diary entry of March 15, 1806.

37.
PAH,
vol. 26, pp. 255–56, letter from Aaron Burr, June 22, 1804.

38. Ibid., p. 260, “Nathaniel Pendleton’s Narrative of the Events of June 23–25, 1804.”

39. Ibid., p. 257, “Aaron Burr’s Instructions to William P. Van Ness,” June 22–23, 1804.

40. Ibid., p. 261, “Nathaniel Pendleton’s First Account of Alexander Hamilton’s Conversation at John Tayler’s House,” June 25, 1804.

41. Ibid., p. 264, “William P. Van Ness’s Narrative of the Events of June 25, 1804”; ibid., p. 265, letter from Aaron Burr to William P. Van Ness, June 25, 1804.

42. Ibid, p. 271, letter from Nathaniel Pendleton to William P. Van Ness, June 26, 1804.

43. Ibid., p. 278, “Remarks on the Letter of June 27, 1804.”

44.
New-York Evening Post,
November 28, 1801.

45. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 163.

46. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 4, p. 396.

47. Knott,
Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth,
p. 17.

48.
The William and Mary Quarterly,
April 1996.

49. Kennedy,
Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson,
p. 12.

50. Ellis,
Founding Brothers,
p. 23.

51. Ogden,
Four Letters on the Death of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 15.

52.
The William and Mary Quarterly,
April 1996.

53.
PAH,
vol. 24, p. 299, letter to Henry Lee, March 7, 1800.

54. LC-AHP, reel 30, letter from Robert Troup to Timothy Pickering, March 31, 1828.

55. Ibid.

56.
The Balance and Columbian Repository,
August 14, 1804.

57. Van Vechten,
Memoirs of John Mason,
p. 187.

58. J. P. Morgan Chase Archives, RG 11, letter from John B. Church to Philip Church, July 16, 1804, New York, N.Y.

59. Biddle,
Autobiography of Charles Biddle,
p. 303.

60. Strong,
Letters of George W. Strong,
p. 16.

61. Biddle,
Autobiography of Charles Biddle,
p. 303.

62. Ellis,
Founding Brothers,
p. 36.

63. Parton,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
p. 348.

64.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 281, letter to James A. Hamilton, June 1804.

65. Ibid., p. 282.

66. CU-JCHP, box 20.

67.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 288, “Statement of My Property and Debts, July 1, 1804.”

68. Ibid., p. 289.

69. Ibid.

70. Ibid., p. 280, “Statement on Impending Duel with Aaron Burr,” June 28–July 10, 1804.

71. Ibid., p. 279.

72. Ibid.

73. Ibid., p. 280.

74. Parton,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
p. 617.

Forty-two: Fatal Errand

1.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 310.

2. Ibid., p. 311.

3. Ibid., p. 305, “Last Will and Testament of Alexander Hamilton,” July 9, 1804.

4. Ibid.

5. Ibid.

6. Ibid., p. 300, letter from Aaron Burr to William P. Van Ness, July 9, 1804.

7. Ibid., p. 301.

8. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National Adventure,
p. 533.

9. L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, Weir Family Papers, Vault Manuscripts 51, box 1, folder 11, letter from Dirck Ten Broeck to Abraham Ten Broeck, July 12, 1804.

10.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 311.

11. LC-AHP, reel 31, “Robert Troup Memoir of General Hamilton,” March 22, 1821.

12.
New-York Evening Post,
July 19, 1804.

13.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 309, letter to Theodore Sedgwick, July 10, 1804.

14. Ibid.

15. Ibid., p. 307, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, July 10, 1804.

16. Ibid., p. 308.

17. Ibid.

18. Hamilton,
Life of Alexander Hamilton,
vol. 7, p. 802.

19. Parton,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
p. 347.

20. Davis,
Memoirs of Aaron Burr,
vol. 2, p. 322.

21. Ibid.

22. Biddle,
Autobiography of Charles Biddle,
p. 309.

23. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 192.

24. CU-JCHP, box 24.

25. Ogden,
Four Letters on the Death of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 8.

26. CU-JCHP, box 24.

27. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National Adventure,
p. 534.

28. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to

Vice President,
p. 354.

29.
New-York Evening Post,
July 19, 1804.

30. NYHS-WVNP, “Duel Papers,” letter from William Van Ness to Charles Biddle, n.d.

31. Ibid.

32. Parton,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
p. 617.

33. Burr,
Political Correspondence and Public Papers of Aaron Burr,
vol. 2, p. 887.

34. Ellis,
Founding Brothers,
p. 40.

35. Burr,
Political Correspondence and Public Papers of Aaron Burr,
vol. 2, p. 884.

36. Ibid., p. 887.

37. NYHS-WVNP, “Duel Papers,” letter from William Van Ness to Charles Biddle, n.d.

38. LC-AHP, reel 33, letter from William Van Ness to an unnamed recipient, n.d.

39. Parton,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
p. 617.

40.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 344, letter from David Hosack to William Coleman, August 17, 1804.

41. Ibid., p. 345.

42. Ibid.

43. Fleming,
Duel,
p. 325.

44.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 345, letter from David Hosack to William Coleman, August 17, 1804.