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by Sedgwick, John


  Livingston, Edward, 236, 251, 273

  Burr and, 301, 370, 386

  and election of 1800, 289, 301

  Livingston, Henry Brockholst, 26, 136–37, 142, 289

  Livingston, Jonathan, 250

  Livingston, Maturin, 251

  Livingston, Peter R., 250–51

  Livingston, Robert R., 110, 142–44, 250–51

  on American political landscape, 143–44

  Constitution and, 172

  and election of 1800, 291

  Hamilton and, 184, 204

  Manhattan Company and, 273

  Washington’s inauguration and, 181–82, 184, 250

  Livingston, Walter, 249–50

  Livingston, William, 51, 72

  Burr and, 128

  Hamilton and, 41–43, 45, 47, 128, 142

  Livingstons, 43, 142, 144–45, 178, 184, 212, 222, 252, 323, 325

  assumption bill and, 204

  Burr and, 145, 314

  Hamilton and, 138, 203–4

  London, 74, 108–9, 129, 181, 250, 263n, 264n, 282–83, 356, 366

  Burr and, 236, 270, 316, 372, 395

  Hamilton and, 39, 157, 175, 186, 249, 251, 338

  Jefferson and, 192–94

  Lott, Cornelia, 98

  Louis XVI, King of France, 162–63, 231–32, 306n

  Louisiana Purchase, 322, 352–53, 361, 370

  Louisiana Territory, 232, 277, 360, 365, 370, 372, 377, 379–80, 398

  Lyon, Matthew, 274–75

  and Alien and Sedition Acts, 278

  Burr’s conspiracy and, 361–63, 366

  Burr’s Ohio River tour and, 363, 365–66, 369

  and election of 1800, 305

  Lytton, Ann Faucette, 12–13

  Lytton, James, 12–13, 30–31

  Lytton, John, 31

  Lytton, Peter, 30–31

  Lytton family, 36

  McDougall, Alexander:

  Burr and, 165

  Hamilton and, 55, 81–82, 127, 165

  Revolutionary War and, 54–55, 71, 81–82, 127, 165

  and withdrawal of British troops, 135–36

  McHenry, James, 110, 293

  Maclay, William, 190

  McManus, Jane, 402

  Macomb, Alexander, 180, 200, 250

  Madison, Dolley Payne Todd, 217–19, 397

  Madison, James, 26–27, 176, 228, 308n, 322

  assumption bill and, 190–91, 196–97

  and Bank of the United States, 198

  Burr and, 26, 203–5, 218–19, 236, 239, 268, 304, 307, 397

  Constitutional Convention and, 168–69

  Constitution and, 169, 234

  Continental Congress and, 129, 167

  and election of 1800, 304

  French Revolution and, 231

  Hamilton and, 129, 167, 190–93, 196–97, 204–5, 207, 218, 224, 230, 252

  national capital and, 197

  Reynolds affair and, 230

  sightseeing trip of, 202

  women courted by, 218–19

  Malcolm, William, 89, 145

  Malcolms, 89–92, 94, 104, 145

  Manhattan Company, 271–73

  as bank, 272–73, 369

  Burr and, 271, 273, 282, 369

  Hamilton and, 272–73, 282

  Weeks case and, 281–83

  Mann, Horace, 48n

  Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, 163, 366

  Marshall, John, 97, 276, 376, 387–91

  Martin, Luther, 388

  Maryland, 122, 166–67, 301–3

  Massachusetts Historical Society, xv

  Mather, Cotton, 11

  Mayor’s Court, 142–43

  Mead, Cowles, 383

  Meade, Richard Kidder, 80, 83, 156

  mechanics bill, 165–66

  Mechanics Society, 272

  Memoirs (Burr), 23, 24n, 49n, 103

  Merry, Anthony, 354–56, 372, 376

  Mesmer, Anton, xix

  Mexico, 369–72, 375, 377–78, 380, 393, 395, 398, 402

  Mexico Association, 370–71

  Mills, Matthew, 36n

  minutemen, 56

  Miranda, 373, 395

  Mohawks, 3, 8, 53, 264–65

  Moncrieffe, Margaret, 103–4, 112

  Monmouth Court House, Battle of, 93–94

  Monroe, James, 275, 372

  Burr and, 235, 239–40, 259, 265

  Burr’s wife and, 112

  Constitution and, 234

  and election of 1800, 287, 296

  Hamilton and, 228–29, 255–56, 258–60

  physical appearance of, 258

  Revolutionary War and, 43n, 258

  Reynolds affair and, 255–56, 258–60, 268

  Montcalm, Louis-Joseph de, 8

  Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne, 306

  Montgomery, Richard, 60, 64–65, 69, 147

  Monticello, 174, 191, 193, 195, 234, 253–54, 292, 298–301, 309

  Montreal, siege of, 60, 64, 114

  Montresor, John, 61–62

  Moore, Benjamin, 266, 342

  Morgan, John, 283

  Morris, Gouverneur, 42, 239

  Burr and, 297

  Constitution and, 170

  and election of 1800, 297–98

  Hamilton and, 170, 220, 297–98, 343

  Morris, Robert, 263

  Burr and, 145

  Hamilton and, 184

  and secretary of treasury selections, 183–84

  Morris, Thomas, 269

  Mortimer, H. W., iv

  Mount Vernon, 174–75, 182, 252

  Muhlenberg, Frederick A. C., 227–28, 256–59

  Mulligan, Hercules, 71

  Napoléon I, Emperor of France, 28, 236, 317, 352–53, 370, 372

  Burr’s plan X and, 396–99

  Quasi-War and, 275–76

  Nassau Hall, xxiv, 9, 23, 26, 46, 79

  national debt, 185–89, 197, 200, 243, 322

  National Gazette, 203, 218, 231, 233–34

  Nature of True Virtue, The (Edwards), 5

  Neutral Ground, 104–5

  Neutrality Act, 370, 373, 388

  Nevis, 12, 28–31, 45, 116, 207, 332

  earthquakes in, 17–18

  slaves in, 15–18, 29–30, 33

  storms in, 17–18, 34–35

  New Hampshire, 172, 254

  New Jersey, 41, 45, 51, 114–16, 270, 330, 369, 390

  Burr and, xxii, 105, 111, 217, 236, 270, 301–3, 348–49, 359, 364, 392

  Burr’s father and, 3–4, 9

  duel between Hamilton’s son and Eacker in, 312

  and election of 1800, 301, 303

  Hamilton and, 90, 109, 128, 166–67, 224, 312

  Revolutionary War and, 72–75, 79–82, 86, 89–90, 93, 96–97, 111–12, 115–16

  New Orleans, La., 265, 352, 360–61, 364–65, 370, 372, 374–75, 377, 379–80, 382–83, 398, 400

  Newton, Captain, 33

  New York, 4, 12, 14n, 35, 51–54, 101, 190, 200–205, 211–12, 216, 218, 266, 307, 311, 352, 404

  and Beekman and Cruger, 31–33

  bombardment of, 71, 76

  Burr and, xviii–xxi, 21, 26, 78, 88–89, 104, 111, 136–37, 139–41, 145–47, 150–51, 155, 162–63, 165–66, 173, 175, 179–80, 191, 205, 207–8, 220, 222, 235–36, 240, 253–54, 262–63, 267–69, 271, 273, 278, 286–92, 298, 301–3, 305, 308–9, 314, 317, 319–21, 323–27, 332–33, 342, 347–48, 350, 354, 364–65, 370, 382, 386–87, 392, 400–402

  coffee shops in, 138

  Constitutional Convention and, 167

  Constitution and, 171–72
/>   and Declaration of Independence, 76

  duels in, 329–30

  economy of, 187

  and election of 1800, 286–91, 293, 295–96, 298, 301–3, 332–33

  evacuation of Tories from, 137–38, 141

  fires in, 137

  as frenzied and bustling, 37

  gubernatorial elections in, xviii–xx, 178–80, 204, 221–23, 308–10, 323–27, 350

  Hamilton and, iv, xv, xviii–xx, 31, 33, 37–39, 42, 45, 53–54, 67–71, 76, 78, 80, 82, 106, 117, 121–22, 130, 136–44, 146, 155, 157, 166–67, 169–73, 175, 177–79, 182, 184–85, 193, 196, 202–4, 207–8, 221, 234, 249–51, 258–60, 272, 277, 288–91, 301–2, 314, 323–24, 327, 332, 339, 341–43, 347–48, 402

  Indians and, 264–65

  invasion of, 74–75, 141

  Jay Treaty and, 250

  Jefferson’s sightseeing trip and, 202–3

  Manhattan Company deal and, 271–73

  mechanics bill and, 165–66

  physical appearance of, 137

  population of, 37–38

  rebuilding of, 138

  Revolutionary War and, 52–54, 56, 67–72, 74–80, 85, 88–90, 96, 103–5, 111, 117–18, 121–22, 125–26, 135–38, 141, 144, 146, 182

  Rutgers case and, 141–42, 144

  and wars between France and Great Britain, 8

  Washington’s inauguration and, 181–82, 186

  wealthy in, 39–40

  Weeks case and, 281–83, 285

  withdrawal of British from, 135–36, 138

  yellow fever in, 271

  New-York Commercial Advertiser, 299

  New York Democratic Society, 232–33

  New-York Evening Post, 310, 314, 317

  New-York Gazetteer, 70

  New York Insurance Company, 289

  New York Leader, 139

  New-York Packet, The, 166

  New York Society Library, 42

  New York State Bank, xvii

  Nicholson, James, 251, 291–92, 299

  Nicholson, Joseph H., 303

  Nicholson, Maria, 299–300

  Northern Alliance, 324–25, 327, 408

  Northwest Territory, 249

  Notes on the State of Virginia (Jefferson), 253

  Nos V & VI of the History of the United States for the Year 1796 (Callender), 255, 257, 268

  Ogden, David A., 302

  Ogden, Hannah Dayton, 361

  Ogden, Matthias:

  Burr and, 22, 46–50, 57–60, 62, 73, 88, 361

  Revolutionary War and, 57–60, 62, 64, 73, 88

  Ogden, Peter, 383

  Ogden, Samuel, 373

  Ohio River, 68, 376

  Burr’s conspiracy and, 352, 381–82

  Burr’s tour down, 363–71

  Olney, Jeremiah, 225

  Orante, Duc d’, 399

  Orleans Gazette, 383

  Osgood, Samuel, 183, 307

  Oswald, Colonel, 172

  Otis, Harrison Gray, 211

  Otis, Samuel, 178

  Otsego County, N.Y., 222

  Oxford University, 51

  Page, John, 192

  Panic of 1792, 180

  Paris, 122, 143, 162, 175, 295, 298, 306n

  Burr and, 394–95, 397–400

  French Revolution and, 231

  Jefferson and, 193–94

  Revolutionary War and, 125

  Parton, James, 111, 139–40, 154, 160, 178, 208, 241, 401

  “Passions” (Burr), 26

  Pastures, 106, 110, 121, 125, 128, 156

  Paterson, William, 25–26, 49n

  Patterson, John, 91

  Payne, Mary Coles, 217

  Pendleton, Nathaniel, 336–37

  and duel between Hamilton and Burr, 339, 341

  murder charge against, 350

  Pennsylvania, 184, 190, 227, 249, 251, 268–69

  Burr and, 208–9, 350

  economy of, 187

  Hamilton and, 279

  Revolutionary War and, 79–80, 90–93, 96

  Pennsylvania Evening Post, 80

  Perkins, Nicholas, 384–85

  Peter III, Tsar of Russia, 148–49

  Peysters, de, 145

  Philadelphia, Pa., 11, 37, 166, 185, 192, 200, 263, 282, 295, 373

  and Articles of Confederation, 129–30

  and Bank of the United States, 199

  Burr and, 20, 26, 86, 151, 205, 208, 216–17, 223, 235–37, 240–41, 265, 267–68, 287, 301, 305, 307, 319–20, 349, 354–55, 364–65, 392

  Constitutional Convention and, 167

  and Declaration of Independence, 75

  funding Continental Army and, 129–30

  Genet and, 233

  Hamilton and, 80, 86, 129–30, 157, 204, 211, 218, 256–57, 269, 272

  physical appearance of, 129

  Revolutionary War and, 53, 68, 75, 80, 83, 85–87, 95–96, 129

  Reynolds affair and, 211–13, 256–57

  social scene in, 211, 217

  yellow fever in, 217–18, 271–72

  Pickering, Mrs., 257

  Pickering, Timothy, 31, 324

  Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 275, 277

  and election of 1800, 291, 293–95, 299

  Hamilton and, 299, 313

  Pinckney, Thomas, 254, 291

  Plato, 238–39

  Plumer, William, 324–25

  Plutarch, 28, 93

  Poe, Edgar Allan, 202

  politics, xviii, 4, 38, 41, 46–47, 136–38, 202, 206, 218–24, 227, 254, 295, 355, 357n, 378

  American political landscape and, 143–44

  and attempted political assassination of Clinton, 178–80

  Burr and, xvi, xxii–xxiii, 22–23, 26, 47, 140, 142–43, 146, 148, 163, 165–66, 173, 179–80, 192, 205, 207–8, 219–22, 232, 235, 237, 239, 259, 267–68, 271, 273, 278, 286, 289, 299–300, 302, 306–8, 314, 316–17, 320, 323–24, 326–27, 331, 333, 336, 360–63, 365, 387, 392, 399, 402

  Burr’s father and, 3

  duels and, iv, 329–30

  and election of 1800, 286, 289, 296, 298, 302–3

  French Revolution and, 232–33

  Genet and, 232–33, 275

  Hamilton and, xv–xvi, xix, xxi–xxiii, 18, 42, 52–54, 67–68, 130, 142–44, 155, 158n, 166, 169, 172, 176–77, 184, 189–93, 195–97, 199, 203–4, 207, 209, 215, 218, 224, 229, 234, 242–44, 252, 286, 288–89, 320, 324, 326, 331–32, 342, 405–8

  Manhattan Company and, 273

  Quasi-War and, 278

  Revolutionary War and, 93, 104

  Pope, Alexander, 28

  Potomac, 168, 174, 295

  Hamilton and, 166–67

  national capital and, 196–97

  Potts, Isaac, 92

  Practical Proceedings in the Supreme Court of the State of New York (Hamilton), 128

  Prevost, Bartow, 148, 153, 221

  Prevost, Frederick, 148, 153, 160

  Prevost, James Mark, 112, 116, 127, 148

  Prevost, John Bartow, 265, 360

  Prevost, Madame, 395

  Price, Madeline, 383–84

  Prince, Sally, 6–8, 11, 20

  Princeton, Battle of, 79–80, 83

  Princeton University, 202

  awakenings at, 23

  Burr and, xxiv, 22–27, 37, 40–41, 44, 46–47, 60, 65, 86, 207, 361, 402

  Burr’s father and, xxii, xxiv, 1, 3–4, 6–7, 9, 22

  Edwards and, xxiv, 1, 10, 22

  finances of, 4

  Hamilton and, 35–36, 39–40, 44–45, 207, 331

  Nassau Hall at, xxiv, 9, 23, 26, 46, 79

  president’s house at, xxiv, 1, 7, 9
, 20

  Revolutionary War and, 57, 60

  Prussians, 107

  Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq., President of the United States, The (Hamilton), 293–94

  public credit, 185, 187–90, 243

  Putnam, Israel “Ol’ Put,” 76–77, 88–91, 103

  Quasi-War, 274–79, 291, 351

  Quebec, Battle of, 59–66, 69, 72–73, 88, 91, 106, 135n, 147, 220, 332, 352

  Quebec Act, 68

  Ramapo Mountains, 89

  Randolph, Edmund, 167, 176, 198, 388

  Randolph, John, 326

  Recovery, 316

  Reeve, Sally Burr, 20–22, 48, 49n, 60, 62, 116

  Reeve, Tapping, 22, 48

  Reign of Terror, 163, 233

  Report on Manufactures (Hamilton), 224

  Report on the Establishment of a Mint (Hamilton), 201

  Report on the Public Credit (Hamilton), 187–89, 243

  Republicanism, 192, 242

  Republicans, Republican Party, 206, 238, 274, 314–16

  and Alien and Sedition Acts, 278–79, 287, 359

  assumption bill and, 255

  and Bank of the United States, 198

  Burr and, xxi, 208, 210, 219–20, 222–23, 232, 253, 267, 270–72, 277, 286–89, 300–302, 314–15, 317, 323–24, 331–32, 371, 376, 382

  clothing worn by, xviii

  and election of 1800, 286–91, 295–96, 298, 300–305

  French Revolution and, 231–33

  Genet and, 232–33

  Hamilton and, 210, 218, 224–25, 228, 230, 233, 242–43, 251–53, 255, 257, 260, 276, 278–79, 288–91, 310–11

  Jay Treaty and, 250–51

  Jefferson and, xvi, xviii, 198, 202–3, 219, 224, 228, 253, 255, 267, 287, 291, 303–4

  Manhattan Company and, 272–73

  Quasi-War and, 275–76, 278–79

  Revolutionary War and, 305

  Reynolds affair and, 228, 257, 260, 294

  Revolutionary War, 43, 52–99, 116, 121–30, 174–77, 211–12, 227, 254, 258, 274, 354, 361

  Battle of Brooklyn in, 76–77

  Battle of Monmouth Court House in, 93–94

  Battle of Princeton in, 79–80, 83

  Battle of Quebec in, 59–66, 69, 72–73, 88, 91, 106, 135n, 147, 220, 332, 352

  Battle of Saratoga in, 90, 289

  Battle of Trenton in, 79, 83, 90

  Battles of Concord and Lexington in, 56–58, 67–68

  Bayard’s Hill Redoubt in, 77–78

  Boston Tea Party in, 53–55

  British law and, 141

  Burr and, 43n, 57–63, 65–67, 69, 72–73, 76–80, 88–96, 102–6, 111–12, 114–15, 118, 122, 127, 135n, 145, 147, 151, 165, 179, 205, 207, 220, 236, 297, 332, 338, 352, 396, 403

  casualties in, 56, 63–65, 76–79, 86–87, 89, 91–92, 94–95, 107, 114–15, 119, 124, 130

 

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