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43. Ibid., p. 401, letter to James Duane, September 3, 1780.
44. Ibid., p. 405.
45. Ibid., p. 406.
46. Ibid., p. 347, letter to John Laurens, May 12, 1780.
47. Ibid., p. 428, letter to John Laurens, September 12, 1780.
48. Bobrick,
Angel in the Whirlwind,
p. 412.
49. Van Doren,
Secret History of the American Revolution,
p. 346.
50. Flexner,
Young Hamilton,
p. 308.
51.
PAH,
vol. 2, pp. 440–41, letter to Nathanael Greene, September 25, 1780.
52. Ibid., p. 439, letter from Benedict Arnold to George Washington, September 25, 1780.
53. Flexner,
Young Hamilton,
p. 314.
54.
PAH,
vol. 2, p. 442, letter to Elizabeth Schuyler, September 25, 1780.
55. Ibid., p. 467, letter to John Laurens, October 11, 1780.
56. Van Doren,
Secret History of the American Revolution,
p. 366.
57.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 92, letter to Henry Knox, June 7, 1782.
58. Bobrick,
Angel in the Whirlwind,
p. 420.
59.
PAH,
vol. 2, p. 468.
60. Ibid., p. 467.
61. Ibid., p. 449, letter to Elizabeth Schuyler, October 2, 1780.
62. Ibid., p. 474, letter to Elizabeth Schuyler, October 13, 1780.
63. Ibid., p. 385, letter to Elizabeth Schuyler, August 31, 1780.
64. Ibid., p. 455, letter to Elizabeth Schuyler, October 5, 1780.
65. Ibid., p. 374, letter to Elizabeth Schuyler, August 8, 1780.
66. Ibid., p. 422, letter to Elizabeth Schuyler, September 6, 1780.
67. Ibid., p. 351, letter to Elizabeth Schuyler, July 2–4, 1780.
68. Ibid., p. 493, letter to Elizabeth Schuyler, October 27, 1780.
69. Ibid., p. 398, letter to Elizabeth Schuyler, August 1780.
70. Ibid., vol. 21, p. 78, letter to William Hamilton, May 2, 1797.
71. Ibid., vol. 2, p. 418, letter to Elizabeth Schuyler, September 3, 1780.
72. Ibid., p. 374, letter to Elizabeth Schuyler, August 8, 1780.
73. Rogow,
Fatal Friendship,
p. 59.
74. Gerlach,
Proud Patriot,
pp. 437–38.
75.
PAH,
vol. 2, p. 350, letter to Elizabeth Schuyler, June–October 1780.
76. Ibid., p. 521.
Eight: Glory
1. “Hamilton’s Quarrel with Washington, 1781,”
The William and Mary Quarterly,
April 1955.
2. Flexner,
Young Hamilton,
p. 338.
3.
PAH,
vol. 2, p. 595, letter to Nathanael Greene, April 19, 1781.
4. Hamilton,
Life of Alexander Hamilton,
vol. 2, p. 191.
5.
PAH,
vol. 2, p. 601, letter to George Washington, April 27, 1781.
6. Ibid., p. 602, letter from George Washington, April 27, 1781.
7. Ibid., p. 235.
8. Ibid., p. 606, letter to Robert Morris, April 30, 1781.
9. Ibid., p. 605.
10. Ibid., p. 618.
11. Ibid., p. 631.
12. Ibid., p. 635.
13. Ibid., p. 554, letter to the marquis de BarbéMarbois, February 7, 1781.
14. Smith,
John Marshall,
p. 5.
15.
PAH,
vol. 2, p. 650, “The Continentalist No. I,” July 12, 1781.
16. Ibid., p. 651.
17. Ibid., p. 674, “The Continentalist No. IV,” August 30, 1781.
18. Cooke,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 136.
19.
PAH,
vol. 2, p. 636, letter to George Washington, May 2, 1781.
20. Ibid., p. 641, letter from John B. Church, May 18, 1781.
21. Ibid., p. 647, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, July 10, 1781.
22. Kaminski,
George Clinton,
p. 40.
23. NYPL-PSP, reel 17.
24. Cunningham,
Schuyler Mansion,
p. 205. 25. NYPL-PSP, reel 17.
26.
PAH,
vol. 2, p. 666, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, August 16, 1781.
27. Ibid., p. 667, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, August 22, 1781.
28. Ibid., p. 675, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, September 6, 1781.
29. Tuchman,
First Salute,
p. 267.
30. Flexner,
Young Hamilton,
p. 357.
31. Tuchman,
First Salute,
p. 281.
32. McDonald,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 25. 33. Rosenfeld,
American Aurora,
p. 420.
34.
PAH,
vol. 2, p. 678, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, October 12, 1781.
35. Flexner,
Young Hamilton,
p. 364.
36. Bobrick,
Angel in the Whirlwind,
p. 461. 37. Hamilton,
Life of Alexander Hamilton,
vol. 2, p. 270.
38. Bobrick,
Angel in the Whirlwind,
p. 461. 39. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: Youth to Maturity,
p. 259.
40.
PAH,
vol. 2, p. 683, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, October 18, 1781.
41. Ibid., vol. 26, p. 421, letter to the vicomte de Noailles, November–December 1781.
42. Ibid., pp. 424–25, letter to the vicomte de Noailles, April 4, 1782.
43. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: Youth to Maturity,
p. 261.
44.
PAH,
vol. 5, p. 348, “Eulogy for Nathanael Greene, July 4, 1789.”
11. Ibid., p. 89, letter to Robert Morris, May 18, 1782.
12. Ibid., p. 105, “The Continentalist No. VI,” July 4, 1782.
13. Ibid., p. 102.
14. Ibid., p. 169, letter to Robert Morris, September 28, 1782.
15. Ibid., p. 135, letter to Robert Morris, August 13, 1782.
16. LC-AHP, reel 30, letter from James Kent to Elizabeth Hamilton, December 20, 1832. 17.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 121, letter from John Laurens, July 1782.
18. Ibid., p. 145, letter to John Laurens, August 15, 1782.
19. Wallace,
Life of Henry Laurens,
p. 489.
20. McDonough,
Christopher Gadsden and Henry Laurens,
p. 262.
21.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 192, letter to the marquis de Lafayette, November 3, 1782.
22. Bowen,
Miracle at Philadelphia,
p. 97.
23.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 226, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, December 18, 1782.
24. Ibid., p. 238, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, January 8, 1783.
25. Ibid., p. 424, memo of July 1783.
26. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 112.
27. Wills,
James Madison,
p. 19.
28. Brodie,
Thomas Jefferson,
p. 301.
29. Wills,
James Madison,
p. 20.
30. Ibid., p. 35.
31. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 119.
32.
The American Historical Review,
January 1957. 33.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 216, “Continental Congress Report on a Letter from the Speaker of the Rhode Island Assembly,” December 16, 1782. 34. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 102. 35.
The American Historical Review,
January 1957. 36. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: Youth to Maturity,
p. 292.
37.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 256, letter to George Clinton, February 14, 1783.
38. Ibid., p. 254, letter to George Washington, February 13, 1783.
39. Brookhiser,
Gentleman Revolutionary,
p. 72. 40.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 254, letter to George Washington, February 13, 1783.
41. Ibid., p. 264, James Madison notes on the conversation on the evening of February 20, 1783. 42. Ibid., p. 278, letter from George Washington, March 4, 1783.
43. Bobrick,
Angel in the Whirlwind,
p. 474. 44.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 286, letter from George Washington, March 12, 1783.
45. Ibid., p. 287.
46. Flexner,
Washington,
p. 174.
Meade, March 1782.
2. Ibid., pp. 150–51, letter to Richard Kidder
Meade, August 27, 1782.
3. Ibid., pp. 69–70, letter to Richard Kidder Meade,
March 1782.
4. McDonald,
Alexander Hamilton,
pp. 60–61. 5.
LPAH,
vol. 1, p. 52.
6.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 192, letter to the marquis de
Lafayette, November 3, 1782.
7. Ibid., p. 471.
8. NYPL-PSP, reel 17, letter from Alexander
McDougall to Philip Schuyler, October 12,
1781.
9.
The New-York Packet and the American Adver-
tiser,
April 18, 1782.
10.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 78, “The Continentalist No. V,”
April 18, 1782.
47. Ellis,
Founding Brothers,
p. 130.
48.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 291, letter to George Washington, March 17, 1783.
49. Ibid., p. 293.
50. Ibid., p. 310, letter from George Washington, March 31, 1783.
51. Flexner,
Young Hamilton,
p. 412.
52.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 335, letter from George Washington, April 22, 1783.
53. Ibid., p. 397, letter to William Jackson, June 19, 1783.
54. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 142.
55.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 451, letter to John Dickinson, September 25–30, 1783.
56. Ibid., p. 401, “Continental Congress Resolutions on Measures to Be Taken in Consequence of the Pennsylvania Mutiny,” June 21, 1783.
57. Ibid., p. 406, “Continental Congress Report of a Committee Appointed to Confer with the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania on the Mutiny,” June 24, 1783.
58. Ibid., p. 407, letter to George Clinton, June 29, 1783.
59. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 142.
60. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 1, p. 404.
61.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 412, letter to James Madison, July 6, 1783.
62. Ibid., p. 376, letter to Nathanael Greene, June 10, 1783.
63. Ibid., “Continental Congress Unsubmitted Resolution Calling for a Convention to Amend the Articles of Confederation,” July 1783.
64. Wood,
American Revolution,
p. 148.
65.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 413, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, July 22, 1783.
66. Ibid., p. 431, letter to Robert R. Livingston, August 13, 1783.
67. Wood,
American Revolution,
p. 87.
68.
LPAH,
vol. 1, p. 223.
69. Bobrick,
Angel in the Whirlwind,
p. 421.
70.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 492, “Letter from Phocion,” January 1784.
71. Schecter,
Battle for New York,
p. 377.
72. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 82.
73.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 481, letter to Samuel Loudon, December 27, 1783.
74. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 4, p. 407.
1. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 240.
2. NYPL-JAHP, box 1.
3. Ames,
Sketch of the Character of Alexander Hamilton,
pp. 7–8.
4. Kent,
Memoirs and Letters of James Kent,
p. 228.
5. Sullivan,
Public Men of the Revolution,
p. 260.
6. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 37.
7.
LPAH,
vol. 1, p. 46.
8. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 3, p. 460.
9. NYPL-JAHP, box 1.
10. Ibid.
11. Hamilton,
Reminiscences of James A. Hamilton,
p. 6.
12. Ibid.
13.
LPAH,
vol. 1, p. 689.
14. McDonald,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 63. 15. Ibid., p. 314.
16. LC-AHP, reel 30, letter from James Kent to Elizabeth Hamilton, December 20, 1832. 17. Ibid., letter from Robert Troup to Timothy Pickering, March 31, 1828.
18. Ames,
Sketch of the Character of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 10.
19.
LPAH,
vol. 1, p. 7.
20.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 239.
21. Parton,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
p. 368. 22. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 14.
23. Ibid., p. 97.
24. LC-WPP, reel 1, diary entry of January 22, 1807. 25.
The New York Review of Books,
February 2, 1984. 26. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 427.
27.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 321, letter to James A. Bayard, January 16, 1801.
28. Ibid., p. 296, letter to John Rutledge, Jr., January 4, 1801.
29. Rogow,
Fatal Friendship,
p. 91.
30. Ibid., p. 93.
31. Lodge,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 188.
32. Parton,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
p. 153. 33.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 298, letter to John Rutledge, Jr., January 4, 1801.
34. LC-WPP, reel 1, diary entry, January 22, 1807. 35. Brookhiser,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 150. 36. Parton,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
p. 149. 37.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 141, letter to Robert Morris, August 13, 1782.
38. Ibid., p. 459, letter from John Jay, September 28, 1783.
39. Bobrick,
Angel in the Whirlwind,
p. 481. 40.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 484, “Letter from Phocion,” January 1784.
41. Ibid., p. 485.
42. Ibid., p. 556, “Second Letter from Phocion,” April 1784.
43. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 152.
44.
LPAH,
vol. 1, p. 307.
45. Brookhiser,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 58. 46. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 153.
47.
LPAH,
vol. 1, p. 301.
48. Cheetham,
Narrative of the Suppression by Col. Burr,
p. 55.
49.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 524, letter to Gouverneur Morris, March 21, 1784.
50. Ibid., p. 521, letter to John B. Church, March 10, 1784.
51. Ibid.
52. Ibid., p. 514, “Constitution of the Bank of New Yor k .”
24. McDonald,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 373. 25.
PAH,
vol. 19, p. 204, letter from Philip Schuyler, August 31, 1795;
LPAH,
vol. 5, p. 409, cashbook entry for March 23, 1796.
26. William-Myers,
Long Hammering,
p. 23. 27. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 134.
28. Ferling,
John Adams,
p. 172.
29. Ibid., p. 173.
30. Morgan,
Benjamin Franklin,
p. 105.
31.
The New York Review of Books,
November 4, 1999.
32. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 374.
33. Rakove,
James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic,
p. 144.
34. Ibid., pp. 144–45.
35.
PAH,
vol. 18, p. 519, “The Defence No. III,” July 29, 1795.
36. Brookhiser,
Gentleman Revolutionary,
p. 34. 37. NYHS-NYCMS, reel 1, February 4, 1785. 38. Burrows and Wallace,
Gotham,
p. 286. 39. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Conspiracy and Years of Exile,
p. 403.
40. NYHS-NYCMS, reel 2, [ca. August–September 1786].
41. Ibid., [ca. March 1786].
42. Wood,
American Revolution,
p. 120.
43.
PAH,
vol. 3, p. 639, letter from George Washington, December 11, 1785.
44.
Extract from the Proceedings of the New-York State Society, of the Cincinnati,
p. 6.
45. Ibid., p. 10.
46. Ibid., p. 12.