Alexander Hamilton
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in New York Assembly, 5, 221–22, 226–27, 261 New-York Evening Post and, 5, 649–55, 662, 664 New York gubernatorial candidacy rejected by, 483
New York Ratifying Convention and, 5, 246, 261–68, 284
as New York tax receiver, 170–72
nicknames of, 91, 92
as orator, 5, 50, 55–56, 64, 190, 193, 226, 231–35, 264–66, 284–85, 308–9, 444, 489–90, 522, 669–70, 707–8
orphans helped by, 203–4, 502–3, 693, 699 “Pacificus,” 441–43
“Phocion,” 196–97, 245, 511–14, 531, 664 poetry, 5, 33–34, 35, 38, 43, 45–46, 70, 132, 724 “Publius,” 118, 248
style of, 59, 60, 150, 250, 252, 511
see also Federalist Papers, The; specific works Hamilton, Alexander (cousin), 527
Hamilton, Alexander (son), 725–26
birth and childhood of, 203, 205, 222, 336, 363,
526
education of, 336, 725
father’s death and, 708, 711, 713
on mother, 582
Hamilton, Alexander (uncle), 13
Hamilton, Alexander, laird of Grange (grandfather),
12, 129
Hamilton, Allan McLane (grandson), 16
Hamilton, Angelica (daughter):
birth and childhood of, 203, 205, 206, 363, 526 education of, 206, 336
father’s death and, 708, 711
mental breakdown of, 655, 667, 723, 726 musical interests of, 206, 337, 655
Hamilton, Eliza (daughter), see Holly, Eliza Hamilton Hamilton, Elizabeth (aunt), 13
Hamilton, Elizabeth Pollock (grandmother), 12, 15,
129
Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler (Eliza or Betsey; wife),
96, 128–37, 145–51, 154, 158–61, 173, 191,
203–8, 264, 332–33, 335–37, 353, 363–68, 484,
526, 619, 641–45
AH’s correspondence with, 14–45, 52, 130,
133–34, 136, 138, 142, 145–48, 159, 160–61,
163, 164–65, 173, 183, 222–23, 335–36, 367,
485, 502, 544, 554, 563, 583, 584, 602, 641, 642,
644–45, 651, 667, 697, 699, 709, 724, 730 AH’s death and, 705, 706, 708–9, 711
AH’s dependence on, 554, 583
AH’s first meeting with, 103, 129
AH’s hymn for, 700, 709
Angelica Church’s correspondence with, 282, 333,
336, 465, 466–67, 478, 479, 527–28, 543, 641 appearance of, 1, 130, 131, 204, 466
Burr’s first meeting with, 169
death of, 3, 727, 731
domesticity of, 147, 204, 205, 210, 335
education of, 131
family background of, 129–31, 134–47
farewell address and, 508, 544
Federalist and, 247, 248
French refugees and, 463–66
Grange and, 643, 660, 693–94, 695, 700, 705, 706,
724, 725
Hamilton-Burr duel and, 689, 691, 693, 695, 705,
706, 708, 715
health problems of, 449–53
inheritance of, 693, 695, 724
Hamilton, Philip (eldest son) (cont.)
education of, 205, 206, 336
health problems of, 544–45
Hamilton, Philip (Little Phil; youngest son), 654, 708, 711, 726
Hamilton, Rachel Faucette Lavien (mother), 9–12, 20–27, 142, 376
adultery and imprisonment of, 11, 20, 28 AH’s latent hostility toward, 203, 226
AH compared with, 12, 16
childbirths of, 11, 16, 20, 25
death of, 24–25, 26, 28, 53, 580
divorce of, 11, 12, 16, 20–21, 25, 615
flight of, 12, 16, 20
inheritance of, 10, 11, 17, 23
marriage of, 10–12, 16, 615
as shopkeeper, 22–23
Hamilton, Robert (cousin), 527
Hamilton, Walter (uncle), 13
Hamilton, William (supposed mulatto child), 735 Hamilton, William (uncle), 13, 526–27, 534, 542 Hamilton, William, Dr. (possible relative of James Hamilton), 18–19
Hamilton, William Stephen, 542, 708, 711, 713 Hamilton-Burr duel, 1, 4, 19, 38, 672–74, 680–709, 714–22
Burr’s flight after, 716–20
Church-Burr duel compared with, 590, 591 Cooper letter and, 680–83, 686–88
coroner’s jury and, 716, 717
election of 1804 and, 672–82
farewell letters and, 693–94, 698–99, 709, 715, 724 grand jury indictment and, 718
negotiations in, 685–89
Philip Hamilton–Eacker duel compared with, 652–54
Philip Schuyler letter and, 680–81
pistols used in, 701–3
preparations for, 691–92
public statement in, 694
shot thrown away in, 689–90, 702–3, 715 who fired first in, 703–4
Hamilton College, 338
Hamilton Free School, 729
Hamilton-Oneida Academy, 338
Hammond, Abijah, 590
Hammond, George, 394–95, 438, 439, 461–62, 487, 547
Hammond, Judah, 696
Hancock, John, 62, 94, 99, 714
Harison, Richard, 575
Harlem Heights, 80, 81
Harper, Robert G., 554, 594, 634
Harrison, Robert H., 92
Harvard, 229, 337, 517
Hawley, Elizabeth, 730
Hearts of Oak (the Corsicans), 63
Hudson Valley, 100–104, 140–41, 150–51, 195, 211,
220
Huguenots, French, 8, 17, 45, 94
Hume, David, 51, 52, 60, 156, 170, 260, 296 hurricanes, 36–37, 39
Hylton v. United States, 501–2
Bank of New York and, 5, 199–202, 219, 276, 288, 586
benefactors of, 37–39
benevolence and generosity of, 206–7, 334–35, 337, 388, 580
birth year and age reduction of, 16–17, 48, 51
candor of, 176, 192, 238, 240, 271, 320, 348, 534–36, 619, 712
as capitalist prophet, 4, 6, 32, 61, 138, 158, 170, 183–84, 195, 199–202, 211, 219, 221, 234, 254, 294–95, 344–45, 466, 628
charm, grace, and elegance of, 5, 51, 93, 119, 133, 187–88
as clerk, 4, 5, 11, 27, 29–32, 48, 54, 85, 376
combativeness and headstrong nature of, 5, 60, 98, 102, 241, 273–75, 309, 406, 455, 492
in Continental Congress, 172–83
as contributor to Washington’s farewell address, 505–8, 531, 544
death of, 1, 4, 53, 205, 625, 703–27
debts of, 51, 204, 483, 484, 492, 643, 693–94, 695, 724
depression of, 53, 584, 595, 600, 655–56, 690, 696
education of, 5, 17, 24, 29, 35, 37–39, 41–43, 46–53, 63, 71–74, 90, 110–12, 146, 167–70, 206, 293, 659, 697
as educator, 5, 188, 206, 337–38
false death reports about, 99, 452
family background of, 8–17, 20–28, 38–39, 94, 149, 196, 203, 207–9, 218, 226–27, 393, 526–27, 542, 580, 615, 641
as father, 167, 173, 203, 205–6, 222, 336–37, 367, 470, 502, 544–45, 643–44, 650–55, 692–93
as Federalist, 5, 30, 90, 391–92, 508–9, 523, 524, 529, 598, 599, 606–10, 614–18, 621–28, 633–34, 658–59, 665
feminine qualities of, 46, 95, 329, 333, 334, 545, 666
feuds of, see under Adams, John; Burr, Aaron, Jr.; Clinton, George; Jefferson, Thomas; Madison, James; Monroe, James; Washington, George
field command search and, 149–50, 152–55, 158–59
in fight for Constitution, 235, 237, 239, 242, 246–68, 284, 287, 398
financial concerns of, 146, 483–84, 596
financial reforms proposed by, 137–38, 155–57, 170, 171
financial sacrifices of, 287, 563
as foreign policy theorist, 5, 18, 235, 260, 294–95, 392–94, 435–47, 458–63, 485–501, 546–47, 551–53, 566–68
French proficiency of, 17, 27, 30, 96, 109, 119, 135, 150, 463, 464, 465
French refugees and, 463–67, 502–3
French Revolution and, 431–47, 459, 463–67, 484, 487, 488, 507, 511–12, 521, 546–54, 592–95, 602, 630, 659
guilt of, 38, 209, 470, 703
outdoor recreation of, 333, 485, 502, 584–85, 641
in paintings and sculpture, 2, 91, 163, 187, 363, 466, 482–83, 527, 562–63, 656, 701, 721
as polemicist, 5, 60, 403, 618–22
political influences on, 43–46, 49, 127–28, 138, 153, 234
political mistakes of, 406, 619–26
popularity of, 269, 284, 309
presidential candidacy denied to, 508–9
as pro-British, 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
reading habits and books of, 24, 25, 33, 35, 44, 52, 71–72, 110–12, 206, 642
religious beliefs and behavior of, 25, 34, 38, 52–53, 125, 127, 132, 205, 463, 507, 546, 652, 659–60, 685, 695, 706–8
reputation impugned, 293, 294, 302, 360, 362, 385, 425–26, 460, 488–89, 674–75; see also Reynolds, Maria, AH’s affair with
romantic side of, 5, 44, 93–94, 128–33, 142
secession threat and, 672, 678–79, 683, 697
self-assurance of, 43, 91, 94, 238
in sex scandal (Reynolds affair), 2, 112, 237, 362, 364–70, 409–18, 422, 424, 502, 509, 529–46, 554, 558, 572, 576–77, 600, 622, 624, 645, 712, 724, 727
social advancement of, 43–46, 72, 85–86, 87, 91–92, 97, 129–30, 134–37, 146, 149, 207, 312, 345
Society of the Cincinnati and, 216–18, 283–84, 304, 601, 692, 709, 711, 723
theatergoing of, 204, 292, 585
as treasury secretary, see Treasury Department, U.S.
vanity of, 124, 240, 334, 365, 522, 599, 624, 625
West Indian background of, 2–5, 7–12, 16, 39, 97, 139, 207, 208, 210, 309, 340, 362, 436, 511, 522, 526, 641, 658, 683, 697
Whiskey Rebellion and, 342, 468–78, 507, 542, 558, 578
will of, 491–92, 695
wit of, 5, 92, 119, 133, 169, 363, 464
womanizing of, 203, 282, 316, 362–70, 373, 406, 462, 522, 536, 543, 661, 722
work capacity of, 15, 30, 35, 52, 71–72, 250, 291, 295, 332–33, 426, 473
Yorktown siege and, 160–65
Hamilton, Alexander, writings of, 5, 52, 53, 397, 427
anti-Clinton, 274
anti-”Farmer,” 58–62, 71
“Continentalist,” 157–58, 170, 171, 257
early pieces, 34, 36–37
French Revolution in, 459, 546
Jay Treaty in, 485, 493–97, 499
Jefferson in, 646, 648–49, 650, 658
“Monitor,” 70–72
Jefferson’s correspondence with, 319
marriage of, 129–30, 132, 134–37, 139, 145–50, 166, 220
in Morristown, 128–32, 724
Philip’s death and, 653–54, 667, 723
portrait of, 131, 206–7, 729
pregnancies and childbirths of, 159–60, 163, 165, 203, 222, 261, 335, 410, 412, 413, 418, 470, 472, 474, 478–79, 542, 543, 582, 653, 654
religious beliefs of, 1, 132, 205, 659–60, 730
Reynolds affair and, 364–68, 410, 417, 530, 534, 537, 542–44, 554, 583, 727
slavery and, 210, 211, 215, 730
on Washington, 151, 277–78
as widow, 1–3, 165, 723–31
widows and orphans helped by, 203–4, 363, 464, 502–3, 544, 582–83, 728–29
will of, 655
Hamilton, James, Jr. (brother), 16, 20–28, 207, 218
AH’s correspondence with, 208–9
AH’s relationship with, 28, 147, 208–9
death of, 208
Hamilton, James, Sr. (father), 10, 12–16, 40, 203, 615, 662
AH’s correspondence with, 36, 147–48, 492
AH’s lapsed relationship with, 28, 147–48, 208, 209, 492
AH’s loan to, 492
as black sheep, 13–16, 526
death of, 580
family background of, 12–16, 40, 149, 218, 393, 526–27, 655
family deserted by, 21–22, 24, 26, 28, 580
immigration of, 14
Hamilton, James Alexander (son), 203, 457, 726
birth and childhood of, 203, 205, 261, 363, 367, 526
education of, 205, 206, 692–93, 726
on father, 186, 189, 205–6
father’s death and, 708, 711, 713
on mother, 205, 206–7, 582
Hamilton, John, laird of Grange (uncle), 13–15, 21
Hamilton, John Church (son), 2–3, 16, 63, 123, 454, 726, 727
birth and childhood of, 413, 470, 472, 526, 567
on Burr, 697–98
education of, 205, 206
on father, 29, 81, 95, 475, 490, 660, 679, 693, 695, 699
father’s death and, 708, 711, 713
health problems of, 470, 472
Hamilton, Philip (eldest son), 526
birth and childhood of, 165, 167, 173, 205, 282, 336, 363
duel and death of, 650–55, 658, 660, 667, 685, 689, 701, 723, 726
Hemings, Eston, 512
Hemings, James, 318
Hemings, Madison, 316, 512
Hemings, Sally, Jefferson’s relationship with, 213, 314–15, 316, 407, 512, 513, 531, 663–64 Hemings, Tom, 663
Henry, Patrick, 174, 244, 267, 350, 394, 510, 574 Hessian mercenaries, 76, 79–82, 84, 109, 163 Heth, William, 577
Hickey, Thomas, 75–76
Higginson, Stephen, 515–16, 617, 726
History of the United States for 1796, The (Callender), 529, 537–38
Hobbes, Thomas, 52, 110, 296
Hoffman, Josiah Ogden, 490, 576
Holland, 347, 433, 519–20
industrial secrets of, 14
U.S. loan from, 175, 518
Holland Company, 589, 633
Holliday, Robert, 22
Holly, Eliza Hamilton (daughter), 3, 206, 655, 726, 727 birth and childhood of, 641, 700
father’s death and, 708, 711
Holly, Sidney Augustus, 730
Holt, John, 54, 70, 118
Holy Ground, the, 49–50
Hopkinson, Francis, 311
Hosack, David, 52, 544–45, 642–43, 653
Hamilton-Burr duel and, 696, 700, 701, 703–6, 708, 715
Houdon, Jean Antoine, 311
House of Representatives, Pennsylvania, 342
House of Representatives, U.S., 408, 417, 539, 550, 565
AH’s reports to, 288, 295–306, 480
AH’s views on, 232–33, 238, 257, 264–65 assumption plan and, 321–31
bank bill and, 349–51
Beckley as clerk in, 408, 417, 422, 531, 532, 622 in Connecticut Compromise, 236
Constitutional Convention and, 232–33, 236, 238, 239
electoral ties settled by, 272, 515, 631, 636–38 Giles’s resolutions in, 425–28, 455
Jay Treaty and, 497, 498, 499
manufacturing and, 374, 375, 378
in New York City, 280–81, 295–307, 319–31 in Philadelphia, 342–43, 349–51
Republican control of, 626, 657
residency requirement for, 238
titles considered by, 278
Treasury Department investigations by, 425–28, 455, 456–57, 468, 480
Howe, Lord Richard, 76
Howe, Sir William, 76, 83–84, 97, 98, 100, 112, 134
Hudson River, 78, 82, 98, 101, 247, 263, 337, 389, 451, 641, 642
immigration, immigrants, 393, 406, 482 AH as archetype of, 4, 39–40, 208, 482, 580 AH’s views on, 476, 572, 599–600, 658 Alien and Sedition Acts and, 570, 572, 599–600 Constitutional Convention debate over, 238 of French refugees, 463–67, 502–3
German, 578–79, 607
Jefferson’s views on, 658
impeachment, 234, 257–58
of Chase, 718–19
implied powers, doctrine of, 353–55, 671
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p; industrial espionage, 14, 370–74
infant and child mortality, 16, 45–46
inflation, 108, 124, 137, 170, 348
Ingram, Archibald, 14, 21
interest rates, 297, 299, 301, 381, 404
Irving, Peter, 662
Italy, 347, 549
Jackson, Andrew, 726
Jackson, James, 303, 306
Jackson, William, 180, 292, 615
Jacobins:
American, 432, 439, 470, 487, 488, 490, 515, 533, 569, 616, 633
French, 432, 439, 446–47, 594, 602
Jay, John, 44, 56, 61, 70, 72, 105, 110, 120, 202, 204, 217, 263, 295, 305, 508, 560, 644, 666, 674
AH offered New York Senate post by, 554
AH’s correspondence with, 68, 69, 90, 424
background of, 247
at Continental Congress, 57
election of 1796 and, 509, 516
as envoy to England, 461–62, 463, 485–86, 495, 498
as Federalist, 421
Federalist and, 247, 248, 251, 253, 254, 257, 261, 270, 310
on Gouverneur Morris, 240
as governor of New York, 486, 609–10
Manhattan Company and, 587
real estate investments of, 186
slavery and, 216
as Supreme Court justice, 288, 446, 461, 486 Jay, Peter, 585
Jay, Sarah, 204
Jay Treaty (1795), 485–503, 506, 507, 539, 546, 547, 626, 639
AH’s defense of, 493–96, 499
protests against, 487, 489–92, 495, 498–99
signing of, 496
Jefferson, Thomas (cont.)
Madison’s correspondence with, see Madison, James, Jefferson’s correspondence with Madison’s relationship with, 88, 173, 319–22, 401, 511, 515, 525
military rejected by, 552
Monroe’s correspondence with, 316, 357, 436, 438, 637
Monroe’s defense of, 408, 424
Monroe’s relationship with, 538
as president, 532, 565, 644–51, 657–60, 665–72, 677, 714, 718–19, 725, 727
presidential ambition of, 453–54, 494, 515, 519, 634–35
as Republican, 391–92, 426–28, 453–54, 510–15, 525 resignation of, 453–55, 458, 512, 519
resignation offers of, 399, 408, 446
Reynolds affair and, 414, 425, 529, 531, 532, 535 as secretary of state, 289, 290, 294, 310, 311, 314, 316, 318–31, 338, 339, 341, 342, 351–52, 356, 379–83, 392–408, 413, 424–29, 431–36, 438–47, 454, 458
in selection of capital site, 325–28
Shays’s Rebellion and, 225
silence and secrecy of, 311, 320, 390, 395, 672 slavery and, 175, 210–13, 307, 312–16, 407, 512–14, 581, 628, 663–64
as strict constructionist, 352, 379
as vice president, 514, 515, 523, 547, 549–50, 572–73, 577–78, 593, 601, 612