Alexander Hamilton (163 page)

44. Ibid., p. 415, letter from William Heth, January 14, 1799.

45. Ibid., p. 453, letter to Theodore Sedgwick, February 2, 1799.

46. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 3, p. 440.

47.
PAH,
vol. 22, p. 532.

48. Ibid., vol. 23, p. 7, letter to George Washington, April 3, 1799.

49. Ibid., p. 1, letter from Oliver Wolcott, Jr., April 1, 1799.

50. Brookhiser,
America’s First Dynasty,
p. 197.

51.
The Boston Patriot,
May 29, 1809.

52. Ellis,
Founding Brothers,
pp. 206–7.

Thirty-three: Works Godly and Ungodly

1. NYHS-NYCMS, reel 2, “Minutes of the Standing Committee,” March 7 [?], 1799.

2. LC-AHP, reel 30, Alexander Hamilton, Jr., memo about Elizabeth Hamilton.

3. Hamilton,
Reminiscences of James A. Hamilton,
p. 65.

4. Pettit, “Women, Sunday Schools, and Politics,” p. 37.

5. Bethune,
Memoirs of Mrs. Joanna Bethune,
p. 112.

6. Rosenfeld,
American Aurora,
p. 725.

7.
PAH,
vol. 22, p. 313, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, November 1798.

8. Ibid., p. 251, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, November 19, 1798.

9. Ibid., p. 236, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, November 11, 1798.

10.
PAH,
vol. 24, p. 211, letter to Angelica Church, January 22, 1800.

11. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 3, p. 34.

12.
PAH,
vol. 22, p. 232, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, November 10, 1798.

13. Ibid., vol. 24, p. 212, letter to Angelica Church, January 22, 1800.

14. Ibid., vol. 22, p. 450, letter from Philip Schuyler, January 31, 1799.

15. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 349.

16.
PAH,
vol. 22, p. 450.

17. Ibid., p. 451.

18. Pettit, “Women, Sunday Schools, and Politics,” p. 44.

19. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 2, p. 429.

20.
Political Science Quarterly,
December 1957.

21.
PAH,
vol. 21, p. 481, letter to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., June 2, 1798.

22. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 226.

23.
PAH,
vol. 22, p. 447.

24. Ibid., vol. 25, p. 321, letter to James A. Bayard, January 16, 1801.

25. Burr,
Political Correspondence and Public Papers of Aaron Burr,
vol. 1, p. 402.

26. Ibid., p. 399.

27. Ibid., p. 403.

28.
The New-York Gazette and General Advertiser,
September 14, 1799.

29. Burr,
Political Correspondence and Public Papers of Aaron Burr,
vol. 2, p. 410.

30.
PAH,
vol. 21, p. 481, letter to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., June 2, 1798.

31. Biddle,
Autobiography of Charles Biddle,
p. 303.

32. Davis,
Memoirs of Aaron Burr,
vol. 1, p. 417.

33. Burr,
Political Correspondence and Public Papers of Aaron Burr,
vol. 2, p. 410.

Thirty-four: In an Evil Hour

1. Brookhiser,
America’s First Dynasty,
p. 49.

2.
The Boston Patriot,
May 29, 1809.

3.
PAH,
vol. 22, p. 405.

4. Ibid., p. 472, letter from James McHenry, February 8, 1799.

5. Ibid., p. 482, letter to George Washington, February 15, 1799.

6. Ibid., p. 471, letter from Theodore Sedgwick, February 7, 1799.

7. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 523.

8. Ferling,
John Adams,
p. 370.

9.
PAH,
vol. 22, p. 500, letter from Timothy Pickering, February 25, 1799.

10. Ferling,
John Adams,
p. 390.

11. MHi-TPP, reel 15, p. 267, letter from Timothy Pickering to Richard Stockton, December 31, 1821.

12.
PAH,
vol. 22, p. 494, letter from Theodore Sedgwick, February 22, 1799.

13. Ibid., p. 493, letter to Theodore Sedgwick, February 21, 1799.

14. Ibid., vol. 25, p. 207,
Letter from Alexander Hamilton,
October 24, 1800.

15. Ibid., vol. 22, p. 493, letter to Theodore Sedgwick, February 21, 1799.

16. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 3, p. 437.

17.
PAH,
vol. 22, p. 507, letter from George Washington, February 25, 1799.

18. Ibid., p. 586, letter from George Washington, March 25, 1799.

19. Ibid., vol. 23, p. 122, letter to James McHenry, May 18, 1799.

20. Ibid., pp. 186–87, letter to James McHenry, June 14, 1799.

21. Ibid., p. 223, letter from James McHenry, June 26, 1799.

22. Ibid., p. 227, letter to James McHenry, June 27, 1799.

23. Ibid.

24. Ibid., p. 313, letter to James McHenry, August

13, 1799.

25. Ibid.

26. Ferling,
John Adams,
p. 381.

27. Ibid., p. 384.

28. Brodie,
Thomas Jefferson,
p. 334.

29. Ferling,
John Adams,
p. 386.

30. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 640.

31. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National Adventure,
p. 482.

32.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 22,
Letter from Alexander Hamilton,
October 24, 1800.

33. Ibid., vol. 23, p. 546.

34. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 531.

35.
PAH,
vol. 23, p. 547.

36. Ibid.

37. Ibid., p. 545, letter to George Washington, October 21, 1799.

38. Ibid., p. 574, letter from George Washington, October 27, 1799.

39. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 730.

40.
PAH,
vol. 23, p. 100.

41. Ibid., vol. 23, p. 602, letter to Jonathan Dayton, October–November 1799.

42. Ibid., p. 604.

43. Ibid.

44. Ibid., vol. 24, p. 99, letter from George Washington, December 12, 1799.

45. Ibid., p. 116, letter to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, December 22, 1799.

46. Ibid., p. 155, letter to Tobias Lear, January 2, 1800.

47. Ibid., p. 184, letter to Martha Washington, January 12, 1800.

48. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 533.

49. Ellis,
Passionate Sage,
p. 67.

50.
PAH,
vol. 24, p. 168, letter to Rufus King, January 5, 1800.

51. Baxter,
Godchild of Washington,
p. 226.

52.
The New York Review of Books,
April 25, 2002.

53.
PAH,
vol. 24, p. 267, letter to George Izard, February 27, 1800.

54. Rosenfeld,
American Aurora,
p. 791.

55. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 540.

56. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 719.

57. Adams,
New Letters of Abigail Adams,
p. 252.

Thirty-five: Gusts of Passion

1.
LPAH,
vol. 1, p. 721.

2. Ibid., pp. 693–94.

3. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 90;
LPAH,
vol. 1, p. 706.

4.
LPAH,
vol. 1, p. 694.

5. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 91.

6.
LPAH,
vol. 1, p. 747.

7. Lodge,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 239.

8. Parton,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
p. 148.

9.
LPAH,
vol. 1, p. 761.

10. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 93;
LPAH,
vol. 1, p. 704.

11.
LPAH,
vol. 1, p. 774.

12. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 186.

13. Rosenfeld,
American Aurora,
p. 751.

14. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 3, p. 208.

15. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 240.

16. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 209.

17. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 239.

18.
The New York Times Book Review,
February 13, 2000.

19. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 232.

20. Ibid.

21. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 244.

22. Ammon,
James Monroe,
p. 185.

23. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 246.

24. Ibid.

25. Knott,
Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth,
p. 89.

26. Rosenfeld,
American Aurora,
p. 785.

27. Ibid.

28.
PAH,
vol. 24, p. 465, letter to John Jay, May 7, 1800.

29. Ibid.

30. Ibid.

31. Lodge,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 224.

32.
PAH,
vol. 24, p. 467.

33. Ellis,
American Sphinx,
p. 212.

34. Jefferson,
Anas of Thomas Jefferson,
p. 227.

35. Ibid., pp. 227–28.

36. Parton,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
p. 255.

37. Ferling,
John Adams,
p. 310.

38.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 5.

39. Ibid.

40. Ellis,
Passionate Sage,
p. 37.

41. Ibid.

42.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 71, letter from James A. Bayard, August 18, 1800.

43. Ellis,
American Sphinx,
p. 222.

44. Rosenfeld,
American Aurora,
p. 804;
Aurora. General Advertiser,
June 3, 1800.

45.
PAH,
vol. 24, p. 452, letter to Theodore Sedgwick, May 4, 1800.

46. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 105.

47.
PAH,
vol. 24, p. 555, letter from James McHenry, June 2, 1800.

48. Ibid, p. 557.

49. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 538.

50. Steiner,
Life and Correspondence of James McHenry,
p. 454;
PAH,
vol. 24, p. 508, letter from James McHenry, May 20, 1800.

51.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 222,
Letter from Alexander Hamilton,
October 24, 1800.

52. Steiner,
Life and Correspondence of James McHenry,
p. 569.

53.
PAH,
vol. 20, p. 374, letter to George Washington, November 5, 1796.

54. Adams,
Correspondence Between the Hon. John Adams and the Late Wm. Cunningham,
p. 50.

55. Ibid., p. 39.

56. Ibid.

57. MHi-TPP, reel 55, p. 208.

58. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 3, p. 262.

59. MHi-TPP, reel 55, p. 47.

60. Ibid., reel 15, p. 267, letter from Timothy Pickering to Richard Stockton, December 31, 1821.

61.
PAH,
vol. 24, p. 485.

62. Ibid., p. 573, letter to James McHenry, June 6, 1800.

63. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 740.

64.
The
[Boston]
Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser,
July 28–31, 1800.

65.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 88, letter to William Jackson, August 26, 1800.

66. Ibid., p. 89.

67. Ibid., p. 111, letter from James McHenry, September 4, 1800.

68.
J. Russell’s Gazette Commercial and Political,
June 23, 1800.

69. Ibid.

70.
PAH,
vol. 24, p. 584.

71. Ibid., p. 580.

72. Ibid., p. 576.

73. Ellis,
Passionate Sage,
p. 33.

74. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 545.

75.
PAH,
vol. 24, p. 574.

76. Ibid., p. 575.

77. Ibid., p. 4, letter to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., July 1, 1800.

78. Ibid., p. 596, “Conversation with Arthur Fenner,” June 25–26, 1800.

79. Ibid.

80. Ibid., vol. 25, p. 30, letter from John Rutledge, Jr., July 17, 1800.

Thirty-six: In a Very Belligerent Humor

1. Sparks,
Life of Gouverneur Morris,
pp. 260–61.

2. NYHS-NPP, n.d.

3. Rogow,
Fatal Friendship,
p. 275.

4.
PAH,
vol. 24, p. 487, letter to Timothy Pickering, May 14, 1800.

5. Ibid., p. 491, letter from Timothy Pickering, May 15, 1800.

6. Ibid., p. 573, letter to James McHenry, June 6, 1800.

7. CU-HPPP, box 276, letter from Oliver Wolcott, Jr., to Fisher Ames, August 10, 1800.

8.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 15, letter from Oliver Wolcott, Jr., July 7, 1800.

9. Ferling,
John Adams,
p. 397.

10.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 15, letter from Oliver Wolcott, Jr., July 7, 1800.

11. Adams,
Correspondence Between the Hon. John Adams, and the Late Wm. Cunningham,
p. 40.

12. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 137.

13.
Aurora. General Advertiser,
July 12, 1800.

14.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 54, letter to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., August 3, 1800.

15. Ibid., p. 51, letter to John Adams, August 1, 1800.

16. Ibid., p. 125, letter to John Adams, October 1, 1800.

17. Ibid., p. 74, letter from George Cabot, August 21, 1800.