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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
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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