Alexander Hamilton (164 page)

18. CU-HPPP, box 276, letter from John Beckley to Ephraim King, October 25, 1800.

19. Ibid., letter from William S. Shaw to William Smith, November 8, 1800.

20. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 739.

21. Parton,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
p. 257.

22. Fleming,
Duel,
p. 78.

23. Lodge,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 229.

24.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 186,
Letter from Alexander Hamilton,
October 24, 1800.

25. Ibid., p. 190.

26. Ibid., p. 202.

27. Ibid., p. 223.

28. Ibid., p. 228.

29. Ibid., p. 233.

30. Ellis,
Passionate Sage,
p. 24.

31.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 238, letter from Benjamin Goodhue, November 15, 1800.

32. Ibid., p. 242, quoted in letter from James McHenry, November 19, 1800.

33. LC-WPP, reel 2, letter from William Plumer to Jeremiah Smith, December 10, 1800.

34. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 3, p. 331.

35. Ibid.

36. CU-HPPP, box 276, letter from George Cabot to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., November 28, 1800.

37. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 3, p. 350.

38.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 137, letter to Timothy Pickering, November 13, 1800.

39. Ibid., p. 182.

40. “Hamilton’s Quarrel with Washington, 1781,”
The William and Mary Quarterly,
April 1955.

41. Adams,
New Letters of Abigail Adams,
p. 255.

42. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 108.

43.
The Boston Patriot,
May 29, 1809.

44. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 556.

45. Parton,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
p. 258.

46. Ferling,
John Adams,
p. 404.

47. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 119.

48. Adams,
Correspondence Between the Hon. John Adams, and the Late Wm. Cunningham,
p. 28.

49. Emery,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 186.

50. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
pp. 90–91.

51. Knott,
Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth,
p. 16.

52. CU-HPPP, box 276, letter from Harrison Gray Otis to John Rutledge, Jr., August 25, 1800.

53. Brookhiser,
America’s First Dynasty,
p. 67.

54. Brodie,
Thomas Jefferson,
p. 338.

55. Ibid., p. 101.

Thirty-seven: Deadlock

1.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 307.

2. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National Adventure,
p. 462.

3. Ferling,
John Adams,
p. 449; Ellis,
Passionate Sage,
p. 76.

4. Ellis,
Passionate Sage,
p. 78.

5. LC-WPP, reel 1, diary entry of March 15, 1806.

6. CU-HPPP, box 276, letter from Aaron Burr to Samuel Smith, December 16, 1800.

7.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 257, letter to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., December 16, 1800.

8. Ibid.

9. Ibid., p. 323, letter to James A. Bayard, January 16, 1801.

10. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 558.

11. Bergh,
Writings of Thomas Jefferson,
vol. 11, p. 191.

12. CU-HPPP, box 276, letter from Aaron Burr to John Taylor, October 23, 1800.

13. Ibid., letter from Fisher Ames to Theodore Sedgwick, December 31, 1800.

14.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 286, letter to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., December 1800.

15. Ibid., p. 270, letter to Theodore Sedgwick, December 22, 1800.

16. Ibid., p. 272, letter to Gouverneur Morris, December 24, 1800.

17.
The William and Mary Quarterly,
April 1947.

18.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 292, letter to James McHenry, January 4, 1801.

19. Fleming,
Duel,
p. 92.

20.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 319, letter to James A. Bayard, January 16, 1801.

21. Ellis,
Founding Brothers,
p. 202.

22.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 320, letter to James A. Bayard, January 16, 1801.

23. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 288.

24. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 3, p. 495.

25.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 608, letter to James A. Bayard, April [16–21], 1802.

26.
Washington Federalist,
February 12, 1801.

27. Brodie,
Thomas Jefferson,
p. 335.

28. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 3, p. 391.

29.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 272, letter to Gouverneur Morris, December 24, 1800.

30. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 248.

31. Rufus King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 4, p. 160.

32. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 4, p. 11.

33. Brookhiser,
America’s First Dynasty,
p. 70.

34.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 321, letter to James A. Bayard, January 16, 1801.

35. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 291.

36. MHi-TPP, reel 47, p. 57.

37.
The New York Times,
August 11, 2000.

38. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 297.

39. Brookhiser,
Gentleman Revolutionary,
p. 167.

40.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 365, “An Address to the Electors of the State of New York,” March 21, 1801.

Thirty-eight: A World Full of Folly

1.
PAH,
vol. 24, p. 220, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, January 26, 1800.

2. Ibid., vol. 22, p. 251, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, November 19, 1798.

3. Ibid., vol. 26, p. 69, letter to Richard Peters, December 29, 1802.

4. Ibid., vol. 25, p. 481, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, possibly February 19, 1801.

5. Ibid., vol. 24, p. 588, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, June 8, 1800.

6.
The New York Times,
March 26, 1965.

7.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 69, letter to Richard Peters, December 29, 1802.

8. Ibid., pp. 182–83, “Plan for a Garden,” 1803.

9. Ibid., vol. 25, p. 388, letter to William Beekman, June 15, 1801.

10. NYHS-NPP, letter from Elizabeth Hamilton to Nathaniel Pendleton, September 29, 1804.

11.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 95, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, March 20, 1803.

12. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 3, p. 459.

13.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 339, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, February 20, 1801.

14. Ibid., p. 348, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, March 16, 1801.

15. Ibid., p. 354, “An Address to the Electors of the State of New York,” March 21, 1801.

16. McDonald,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 353.

17. [Newark]
Centinel of Freedom,
April 28, 1801.

18.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 376.

19. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 3, p. 459.

20. Ellis,
American Sphinx,
p. 201.

21. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 3, p. 486.

22. Hamilton,
Reminiscences of James A. Hamilton,
p. 23.

23.
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,
July 1937.

24. Knott,
Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth,
p. 244.

25. CU-HPPP, box 276, letter from Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Vanmetre, September 4, 1800.

26. Smith,
John Marshall,
p. 303.

27. Ibid.

28. Ibid., p. 11.

29. Ibid.

30. Brookhiser,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 10.

31. Knott,
Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth,
p. 17.

32. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Conspiracy and Years of Exile,
p. 126.

33.
PAH,
vol. 25, pp. 550–51, “The Examination,” no. 14,
New-York Evening Post,
March 2, 1802.

34. Ibid., p. 549.

35. Ibid., pp. 529–30, “The Examination,” no. 12,
New-York Evening Post,
February 23, 1802.

36. Ibid., p. 450.

37. MHi-TPP, reel 44, letter from William Coleman to Octavius Pickering, February 15, 1829.

38. Ibid., reel 15, letter from Timothy Pickering to Nicholas Fish, July 30, 1822.

39. CU-HPPP, box 277, letter from William Coleman to Thomas Jefferson, 1801.

40. Nevins,
Evening Post,
p. 17.

41.
Columbia University Quarterly,
March 1938.

42.
New-York Evening Post,
November 25, 1801.

43. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National Adventure,
p. 495.

44. Nevins,
Evening Post,
p. 20.

45. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 72.

46. Ibid., p. 212.

47. Ibid., p. 103.

48. McDonald,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 356.

49. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 4, p. 28.

50. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 217.

51. Fleming,
Duel,
p. 7.

52.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 428, letter to Elizabeth Hamilton, October 21, 1801.

53. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National Adventure,
p. 496.

54.
American Citizen,
November 26, 1802.

55.
New-York Evening Post,
November 24, 1801.

56.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 436.

57.
The Historical Magazine,
October 1867.

58. Ibid.

59.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 437.

60. LC-AHP, reel 30, letter from Dr. David Hosack to John C. Hamilton, January 1, 1833.

61. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 4, p. 28.

62.
The Historical Magazine,
October 1867.

63. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 213.

64. Ibid., p. 218.

65.
New-York Evening Post,
November 24, 1801.

66. Ibid.

67.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 71, letter to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, December 29, 1802.

68. Kent,
Memoirs and Letters of James Kent,
p. 143.

69. Menz,
Historic Furnishing Report,
p. 20.

70. CU-HFP, box 3, letter from Elizabeth H. Holly to Catharine Cochran, December 16, ca. 1856.

71. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 4, p. 28.

72.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 584, letter to Benjamin Rush, March 29, 1802.

73. McDonald,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 356.

Thirty-nine: Pamphlet Wars

1. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 4, p. 103.

2.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 544, letter to Gouverneur Morris, February 27, 1802.

3. Ibid., p. 496, “The Examination,” no. 8,
New-York Evening Post,
January 12, 1802.

4. Ibid., p. 494, “The Examination,” no. 7,
New-York Evening Post,
January 7, 1702.

5. Ibid., p. 576, “The Examination,” no. 17,
New-York Evening Post,
March 20, 1802.

6. Ibid., p. 605, letter to James A. Bayard, April [16–21], 1802.

7.
PAH,
vol. 2, p. 168, letter to John Laurens, September 11, 1779.

8. Ibid., vol. 17, p. 585, “The Cause of France,” 1794, unpublished fragment.

9. “Phocion No. X,”
Gazette of the United States,
October 27, 1796.

10. Ibid.

11.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 583, letter to John Dickinson, March 29, 1802.

12. Ibid., vol. 26, p. 219, letter to an unknown recipient, April 13, 1804.

13. CU-JCHP, box 20.

14. Ibid.

15. Ibid.

16. Davis,
Memoirs of Aaron Burr,
vol. 2, p. 185.

17. Fleming,
Duel,
p. 79.

18. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 307.

19. Ibid., p. 313.

20.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 587, letter to James A. Bayard, April 6, 1802.

21. Ibid., p. 559, letter to Gouverneur Morris, March 4, 1802.

22. Fleming,
Duel,
p. 83.

23. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National Adventure,
p. 525.

24. Latrobe,
Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe,
vol. 2, p. 331.

25.
American Citizen,
April 22, 1803.

26.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 114.

27. Davis,
Memoirs of Aaron Burr,
vol. 2, p. 316.

28. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 4, p. 121.

29. Cheetham,
Narrative of the Suppression by Col. Burr,
p. 52.

30. Ibid., p. 54.

31. Ibid., p. 18.

32. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 167.

33. Lomask,
Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
p. 319.

34. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 72.

35. Schachner,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 1.

36.
PAH,
vol. 26, p. 37.