by Ron Chernow
AH as Washington’s adjutant in, 5, 66, 85–129, 137–47, 149–54, 207
Dallas, Alexander J., 286, 441
Dana, Francis, 124
Danish West India and Guinea Company, 10
Danish West Indies, 226
see also St. Croix
Danton, Georges Jacques, 434
Davie, William, 594, 597
Davis, Matthew, 717
Dawson, Henry, 653, 654
Day, Thomas, 307
Dayton, Jonathan, 572, 599–600
Deas, William, 700
debt, 4, 219, 226, 229, 282, 403, 461, 646
AH’s alleged buying back of, 423
English public, 295–96
of farmers, 224–25
foreign loans in repayment of, 425–27
national, 156, 225, 280, 286, 290, 297, 298–99, 400, 407, 408, 639, 646
public, retirement of, 480–81
of states, 225, 297, 298–99, 301, 303, 308, 321–31, 342, 423
war, 170, 175–76, 177, 224, 225, 297, 323, 394–95, 425
see also specific people
Dechman, James, 14
Declaration of Independence, 47, 77, 181, 312–13, 319, 518, 552, 651
slavery and, 211, 212, 214
Declaration of the Rights of Man, French, 446
“Defence, The” (Livingston, Livingston, and Hamilton), 493–97, 499
Defoe, Daniel, 13
de Haert, Balthazar, 188
deism, 205, 659
de la Tour du Pin, Madame, 464
Delaware, 261, 637–38
Delaware River, 84, 99, 114, 441
democracy, 3, 6, 181, 251, 376, 390, 477, 481, 521, 599, 627
AH’s fears about, 219, 220–21, 231–32, 253–54 American Revolution and, 99, 171, 197
Montesquieu’s theory of, 254
“Democratic” (“Republican”) societies, 438, 445, 478, 489
Denmark, colonialism of, see St. Croix
de Nully, Bertram Pieter, 12
Eacker, George I., 651–55, 701
Earl, Ralph, 206–7, 337
East India Company, 54
East River, 78, 79, 194, 641
education:
of American Indians, 337–38
of blacks, 214, 581, 698
of child laborers, 386
military, 564–65, 599, 602
in New York, 206, 214, 337–38, 581, 582, 729 Fair Hill, 449
Fairlie, James, 678
“Farmer Refuted, The” (Hamilton), 59–61 farmers, 108, 263, 273, 283, 303
Edwards, Esther, see Burr, Esther Edwards Edwards, Evan, 117
Edwards, Jonathan, 191, 682
Edwards, Rhoda, 721
Edwards, Rev. Timothy, 191
elections, 257
of 1789, 270–76
of 1792, 419–24
of 1796, 508–16, 609, 632
of 1800, 562, 579, 590, 594–95, 601, 606–12,
616–18, 621–28, 631–35, 646
of 1801, 644–45, 650
of 1804, 662, 672–82, 719
AH’s role in, 5, 221–22, 270–73, 419–24, 509–16,
606–10, 612, 616–18, 621–26, 631–38, 644–45,
672–82
George Clinton in, 91, 149, 272, 273–76, 420–23,
607, 610, 644–45, 650
real estate requirements and, 607
Elizabethtown, N.J., 42–46, 276
Elizabethtown Academy, 42–43, 45
Elkins, Stanley, 390, 391, 395, 487
Ellis, John, 596
Ellis, Joseph, 486, 498, 520, 623, 639, 690
Ellsworth, Oliver, 181, 280, 594, 597
embargoes:
against British, 55, 57, 59, 459
against French, 553
Embuscade (French frigate), 437, 438
England, 170, 293
central bank of, 138, 156, 295, 347, 370 French refugees in, 464, 465
public debt in, 295–96
Scotland’s union with, 14
see also Great Britain; London
Enlightenment, 51, 161, 314, 659
Episcopalians, Episcopal Church, 205, 391, 695,
706–7, 708
espionage:
in American Revolution, 42, 70, 81, 140–43, 185 industrial, 14, 370–74
Essex Junto, 678
Eustace, John Skey, 116
“Examination, The” (Hamilton), 648–49, 650, 658 excise tax:
carriage, 491, 501–2
on whiskey, 342–44, 403, 423, 460, 468–78, 480 executive branch, 351, 436, 498
AH’s views on, 3, 6, 139, 183, 232–34, 310, 320,
429, 442, 459, 466, 498
Federalist and, 248, 257–59
Franklin’s views on, 230
Genêt’s views on, 440–41
Jefferson’s views on, 310, 320, 634–35, 647 in Virginia Plan, 230
see also president, U.S.; specific presidents and vice presidents
banks feared by, 201, 221, 307
small, 91, 221, 307, 391, 521
uprisings of, 224–25, 253, 255
in Whiskey Rebellion, 468–79
see also agriculture
Faucette, Ann, see Lytton, Ann Faucette
Faucette, John, Jr., 8–9
Faucette, John, Sr., 8–10
Faucette, Mary Uppington, 8–10, 12, 17, 23 Faucette, Rachel, see Hamilton, Rachel Faucette Lavien
Fauchet, Joseph, 463, 465, 466
Faulkner, William, 469
federal government:
Adams’s views on, 224
AH’s vision for, 3, 6, 90, 103, 108–9, 171, 176, 183, 195, 198–99, 221, 225, 226, 230, 254–56, 290, 320, 330–31, 351–54, 378–79, 552, 628 Jefferson’s views on, 320, 351–52, 354
Madison’s views on, 175, 350, 351
Morris’s efforts at strengthening of, 170–71 slavery issue and, 216
state debts assumed by, 225, 298–99, 301, 308, 321–31, 342, 423
in Virginia Plan, 230–31
Washington’s views on, 228, 241, 290
weakness of, 124, 127
see also specific branches
Federalist Papers, The, 4, 168, 222, 223, 239, 246–64, 274, 281, 289, 293, 310, 315, 319, 355, 390, 393–94, 440, 468, 493, 497, 648, 720
book form of, 665–66
Jay’s work on, 247, 248, 251, 253, 254, 257, 261, 270, 310
Madison’s work on, 4, 223, 247–52, 254–57, 261, 270, 304, 310, 321, 350, 390, 408, 442, 497, 666 origins of, 158, 198, 246–47
“Pacificus” essays in, 442
Shays’s Rebellion in, 225, 253, 255
survey of contents of, 252–60
Washington’s views on, 248, 270–71
federalists, 243–69, 273–75
Jefferson’s views on, 310–11
New York Ratifying Convention and, 261–69 use of term, 243, 391
Federalists, Federalist party, 5, 30, 90, 216, 405, 425–27, 504, 539, 569–75, 581, 621–28, 644–50, 657–59, 661–64
AH as head of, 523, 524, 529, 598, 599, 634, 665 AH’s death and, 714, 715, 716
Alien and Sedition Acts and, 570–77, 646 army organization and, 459–60, 550–66 British seizure of seamen and ships and, 459 France (cont.)
Church family in, 200, 204, 205
Franklin in, 96, 150, 161, 204, 314, 518
Jefferson in, 222, 225, 261, 310, 314–18, 356, 515, 518, 519
Monroe as minister to, 461, 463, 529, 539, 540 Protestants of, see Huguenots, French
royal mint in, 356
trade of, 170, 496, 547, 553
U.S. relations with, 295, 392–95, 425, 431–47, 458–59, 462, 465, 494, 495, 506, 539, 546–68, 592–99, 602, 611, 626, 630–31, 634, 645, 651, 657
U.S. vessels seized by, 546, 547, 553
see also French Revolution; Paris
Franklin, Benjamin, 7, 70, 192, 205, 217, 247, 278, 338, 570, 623, 683
Adams’s views on, 518, 519, 522
AH compared with, 17,
33, 60, 344, 345, 392, 522 at Constitutional Convention, 229–30, 234, 235 in France, 96, 150, 161, 204, 314, 518
Lafayette promoted by, 96
Schuyler family and, 129, 131
slavery and, 212, 306
Fraunces, Andrew, 428–30
Frederick the Great, 335, 594
free blacks, 23, 213–14, 581, 635, 675
Freeman, Joanne, 637, 662, 682, 684
free trade, 183, 377
Frémont, Jessie Belmont, 728, 729
French and Indian War, 7, 65, 68, 87, 119
French Revolution, 69, 206, 316–18, 392, 421, 425, 431–47, 470, 480, 484, 507, 511–12, 521, 529, 539, 611, 627, 630, 659
AH’s essays on, 459, 546
Directory in, 546, 548–51, 597, 598, 602
end of, 602
Jay Treaty and, 487, 488, 546, 547
Miranda’s views on, 566–67
Quasi-War and, 553–66, 578, 592–95, 630, 651, 657 refugees from, 463–67, 502–3
September Massacres in, 432–34, 465
XYZ Affair and, 549–52, 569–70, 592, 595 French West Indies, 30, 160, 161, 459
Freneau, Philip, 395–97, 400, 402–5, 407, 412, 424, 433, 445, 446, 453, 476, 498
excise taxes and, 468–69
Fries’s Rebellion, 578–79
Frothingham, David, 576
“Full Vindication of the Measures of the Congress, A” (Hamilton), 58–59, 61
Callender’s attacks on, 529–38
demise of, 626–27, 727
electoral tie of 1801 and, 635–38
“federal ratio” and, 239
fracturing of, 525, 557, 573, 594, 601, 626 French Revolution and, 431, 434–35, 438, 439,
446, 547, 549–52, 569–70, 592–95, 602, 630 High, 523, 574, 601, 612, 620, 630, 648
Jay Treaty and, 485–501
Jefferson’s deal with, 638, 639
judiciary and, 647–49, 718–19
legacy of, 628, 638, 639, 646–48
Louisiana Purchase and, 671–72, 678
Manhattan Company and, 586–88
medicine and, 450
Neutrality Proclamation and, 435–37
origins of, 330, 391–92
Pamphlet Wars and, 661–64
press freedom and, 667–71
progressive landowner–former Tory alliance in, 195 public debt and, 480
Republicans’ violent clashes with, 569–70, 590 secession threat and, 672, 678–79, 697
XYZ Affair and, 549–52, 569–70, 573
see also specific elections
federal ratio, 239, 628
Fenner, Arthur, 617
Fenno, John, 395–96, 403, 407, 453, 570, 585 Ferling, John, 212, 420, 594, 596–97, 611
Fillmore, Millard, 730
financial panic of 1792, 379–84, 387, 410
Findley, William, 474–77
First Continental Congress, 55, 57–59, 87
Fish, Nicholas, 53, 63, 119, 159, 162–63, 216, 334,
472, 693 AH’s duels and, 491, 492, 695
FitzSimons, Thomas, 178, 330
Flavinier, Eliza, 417–18
Fleming, Edward, 63
Flexner, James T., 95, 96, 391
Flint, Royal, 384
Florida, Spanish, 566, 568, 595, 718
Folwell, Richard, 366
Ford, Gabriel, 129
Ford, Jacob, 127
Fort Christiansvaern, 11, 12, 21, 32–33
Fort Lee, 82
Fort Ticonderoga, 85, 97, 149
Fort Washington, 82
Fourth of July, 268, 283–85, 487, 651, 652, 654 Fox, Charles James, 282, 465, 466
France, 7, 66, 138, 295, 480
Adams’s peace initiative with, 592–99, 611, 620, 623, 630–31, 657
American Revolution and, 61, 96, 100, 112, 118, 119–20, 126, 139, 148, 150, 151, 154, 160–65, 392, 431–34, 436, 446, 506
Gage, Thomas, 55
Gallatin, Albert, 322, 455, 488, 529, 559, 571, 608 as treasury secretary, 639, 646–47, 658, 718
Whiskey Rebellion and, 468, 477
Garrison, William Lloyd, 215 Gates, Horatio, 97, 100–106, 129, 138, 556, 562, 607
Conway letter to, 105
Washington’s rivalry with, 104–6, 272
Gazette of the United States, 395–96, 403–4, 407, 453, 529, 542, 664
“Pacificus” essays in, 441–43
“Phocion” essays in, 511–14
Gelston, David, 539–40
Genêt, Cornelia Clinton, 447
Genêt, Edmond Charles (Citizen Genêt), 437–48,
453, 463, 478, 487
privateers recruited by, 437–38, 440, 441 Geneva, 94, 145
George II, king of England, 17, 85
George III, king of England, 33, 66–67, 76, 97, 212,
244, 396, 398, 548, 578, 674
New York City statue of, 77–78
George IV, king of England, 281–82
Georgia, 207, 261
colonial, 57
slavery in, 238
German immigrants, 578–79, 607 Gerry, Elbridge, 234, 281, 511, 552, 568
in diplomatic mission to France, 548–51, 592
Giles, William Branch, 425–28, 440, 455, 530, 532, 550, 648, 719
Gimat, Jean-Joseph Sourbader de, 162–63
Girondists, 437, 446–47
Glasgow, 13–14, 21
Glasgow Inkle Factory, 14
Glassford, John, 14
Goebel, Julius, Jr., 5, 190
Goodenough, Ephraim, 413
Goodhue, Benjamin, 561, 617, 623
Gordon, William, 124–25
Gorham, Nathaniel, 221
government, federal, see federal government
Gracie, Archibald, 649
Graham, Isabella, 582, 585
Graham, Joanna, see Bethune, Joanna Graham
Grange, the (castle near Kilmarnock), 12, 641
Grange, the (Hamilton residence), 641–44, 654, 660, 665–67, 688, 693–94, 695, 705, 706, 724, 725 description of, 642–43, 666
dinner parties at, 679, 693, 699
Grange, the (St. Croix), 10–11, 22, 25, 641
Grasse, comte de, 160, 161, 185
Graydon, Alexander, 93, 135
Great Britain, 246, 458–62, 539, 566–67, 651 abolitionist proposals of, 122, 123
Adams’s views on, 112, 521, 548
AH asylum tale and, 429
AH’s imitation of, 287, 370–72, 374, 377, 378 AH’s views on, 3, 233, 287, 294–96, 302, 319, 392–95, 397–98, 435, 440, 443, 460, 466, 490, 495, 521, 532, 620–21, 623, 674–75
Caribbean colonies of, 7–12, 14–16, 295, 458, 462, 580
colonists’ struggle against, 42, 44, 46; see also American Revolution
constitution of, 53, 59, 393, 394, 398, 529
credit of, 156, 313, 393
debt of, 59
foreign loans of, 138
French Revolution and, 432–33, 435–40, 442, 443, 464, 465, 547, 611
industrial secrets of, 370–72, 374
Jefferson’s hatred of, 313, 319, 392, 435, 446, 458, 460
laws of, 168
northwest forts of, 394, 486
shipping of, 294
textile industry of, 108, 277, 374, 376, 730–72
trade of, 60, 221, 341, 370–71, 393, 458, 459, 462, 496
U.S. ships and seamen seized by, 459–62, 485, 495
U.S. threat of war with, 459–62, 487–88, 494, 551, 631
U.S. treaties with, see American Revolution, peace treaty in; Jay Treaty
Greene, Nathanael, 73–74, 85, 92, 100, 102, 138, 141, 150, 154, 177, 183
AH’s eulogy for, 166, 284, 308–9
Greenleaf, Ann, 575–77
Greenleaf, Thomas, 575
Grenadine Islands, 40, 148
Griswold, Roger, 569, 672
Grotjan, Peter A., 366
Haarlem Linen and Dye Manufactory, 14
Hale, Nathan, 81
Hallwood, Thomas, 3
9
Hamilton (miniature frigate), 269, 276
Hamilton, Alexander:
as abolitionist, 5, 6, 23, 27, 33, 41, 94, 121–22,
210–12, 239, 307, 495, 514, 580–82, 629, 662,
730
administrative and organizational competence of,
4, 31, 81, 88, 89, 99–100, 254, 288–89, 563–65 Alien and Sedition Acts and, 571–72, 575–77,
599–600
ambition of, 3, 30–31, 33, 35–36, 58, 94, 133,
149–50, 153, 154–55, 158–59, 161, 167, 205,
221, 336, 394, 467, 521–22, 554–55, 559–60,
599, 601–2, 622, 625, 666
at Annapolis conference, 222–24
anti-Tory bias contested by, 169, 183–84, 186,
194–99, 221, 245
appearance of, 17, 27, 41, 51, 86, 169, 251, 328,
333, 334, 363, 464
as artillery captain, 5, 72–85, 155, 319
authorized biography of, 2–3, 42, 95, 614, 727 Hamilton, Alexander (cont.)
health problems and injuries of, 24, 27, 84, 86, 92–93, 104, 115, 165, 333, 367, 449–53, 455, 456, 472, 502, 515, 532, 563, 666
heroism of, 5, 31, 55–56, 64, 165, 169, 284 as homebody and family man, 222–23, 640–44, 695 homoerotic attachments of, 95, 96–97
honor of, 64, 117, 125, 142–44, 150, 164, 237–38, 254, 308–9, 319, 406, 423, 430, 480, 491–93, 621, 622, 652, 683–84, 690–91, 694
honors received by, 119, 186, 206, 337, 432, 538–41, 723
illegitimate birth of, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 20–21, 25, 27–28, 35, 40, 86, 149, 207, 226–27, 245, 393, 511, 522, 541, 615–16, 712
impoverished boyhood of, 2, 17, 20–27, 522, 527 inheritance of, 25, 207
as inspector general, 555–68, 573, 576–79, 592–603, 614, 619, 633
integrity of, 287, 293–94, 319, 341, 725
intelligence of, 5, 27, 53, 92, 120, 132, 154–55, 238, 240, 666
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and, 574, 576, 577
as King’s College volunteer, 63, 67, 71, 74 land purchased by, 186, 641
legacy of, 2–6, 344–45, 713–14, 727
libel suit of, 575–77
as major general, 5, 73, 165
Manhattan Company and, 585–89, 603, 604 marriage of, see Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler medical interests of, 27, 38, 51–52, 450, 472, 544, 545, 696
mentors of, 34–38, 43–46
military promoted by, 3, 6, 90, 139, 183, 255, 290, 378, 459, 546, 551, 553–54, 564–65
mixed-race allegations about, 9, 245
monarchist leanings of, 3, 46, 53, 60, 232–34, 258, 278, 314, 397–402, 405, 406, 408, 424, 425, 429, 443, 532, 657, 674–75, 724
musical interests of, 206, 337, 692, 693
nationalist vision of, 3, 4, 92, 108, 157–58, 221, 265, 287, 307, 371, 375, 387, 466, 521, 628, 671–72, 697
nepotism of, 563–64