Alexander Hamilton (170 page)

Albany Institute of History and Art, bequest of George Clinton Genet through the estate of Augusta G. K. C. Genet (1912.2.4)

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838),
by Pierre-Paul Prud’hon (1758–1823)

Oil on canvas, 1817

Metropolitan Museum of Art, purchase, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, gift in memory of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (1994.190)

John Adams (1735–1826),
by Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827), from life

Oil on canvas 1791–1794

Independence National Historical Park

Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq., President of the United States

New York: printed for John Lang by George F. Hopkins, 1800

Collection of The New-York Historical Society, gift of Gulian E. Verplanck, 1809 (negative #51097)

Timothy Pickering (1745–1829),
by Hezekiah W. Smith after Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828)

Engraving, ca. 1860

Collection of The New-York Historical Society, gift of Henry O. Havemeyer (PR 025, negative #75964)

Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (1760–1833),
by Joseph Andrews (1806–1837) and W. H. Tappan after John Trumbull (1756–1843)

Engraving, ca. 1850

Collection of The New-York Historical Society, gift of Henry O. Havemeyer (PR 025, negative #75965)

James McHenry (1753–1816),
by James Sharples, Sr. (ca. 1751–1811), from life

Pastel on paper, ca. 1796–1800

Independence National Historical Park

Aaron Burr (1756–1836),
attributed to Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828)

Oil on canvas, ca. 1792

Collection of The New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, New Jersey, gift of David A. Hayes for John Chetwood (1854.1)

Aaron Burr (1756–1836),
by John Vanderlyn (1775–1852)

Oil on canvas, 1802

Collection of The New-York Historical Society, gift of Dr. John E. Stillwell (1931.58, negative #6227)

Aaron Burr (1756–1836),
by James Van Dyck (active nineteenth century)

Oil on canvas, 1834

Collection of The New-York Historical Society, gift of Dr. John E. Stillwell (1931.57, negative #6832)

Philip Hamilton (1782–1801)

Reprinted from Allan McLane Hamilton,
The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton
(New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1911)

Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804),
by Ezra Ames (1768–1836)

Oil on canvas, 1810

Special Collections, Schaffer Library, Union College, gift of General Alexander Hamilton, 1875

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Mrs. Alexander Hamilton (1757–1854),
attributed to John D. Martin

Charcoal and chalk on paper, 1851

Museum of the City of New York, gift of Mrs. Alexander Hamilton and General Pierpont Morgan Hamilton (1971.31.6)

Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804),
by Giuseppe Ceracchi (1751–1802)

Marble, ca. 1793

Collection of The New-York Historical Society, gift of James Gore King (1928.18, negative #50044)

Hamilton Grange, New York,
by Randall Comfort Photograph, 1891

Collection of The New-York Historical Society
(PR 020 Geographic File, negative #75963)

I
ndex

abolitionism

of AH

American Revolution and

British

Adams, Abigail

on AH

election of 1800 and

health problems of husband of

see
Adams, John Jefferson and

on Philadelphia sensuality

on slavery

on Washington

Adams, Charles

Adams, Henry

Adams, John

Abigail’s correspondence with

Abigail’s views on

absenteeism of

on AH

AH compared with

AH’s correspondence with

AH’s feud with

AH’s pamphlet about

Alien and Sedition Acts and

anarchy feared by

in army organization battles

background of

on British constitution

cabinet of

cabinet purge of

Continental Congress and

death of

diary of

Dutch loan arranged by

in election of 1789

in election of 1792

in election of 1796

in election of 1800

as Federalist

French Revolution and

on Jefferson

Jefferson’s correspondence with

Jefferson’s relationship with

judiciary and

on Madison

military experience lacking in

military promoted by

monarchist leanings of

on New York City

peace initiative of

as president

Reynolds affair and

slavery and

Adams, John (
cont.
)

Society of the Cincinnati and

vanity of

as vice president

on Washington

Washington’s correspondence with

Adams, John Quincy

on AH

on Jefferson

Adams, Samuel

Addison, Joseph

Additional Army
see also
Army, U.S.

Africa

African Free School

agriculture

AH’s views on

bank bill and

Bank of New York and

Jeffersonian democracy and

trade embargo and
see also
farmers

Ajax (Hamilton’s house slave)

Albany, N.Y.

AH’s legal work in

City Tavern in

Dutch character of

riot in

Schuyler mansion in (the Pastures)

as state capital

Tayler dinner in

Albany Common Council

Albany Plan

Albany Register

alcohol: consumption of taxes on

Alexander, William

see
Stirling, Lord Alien Act (1798)

Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)

Alien Enemies Act (1798)

Alien Landowners Act

Allan, Richard

Alston, Aaron Burr

Alston, Joseph

Alston, Theodosia Burr

father’s correspondence with

Hamilton-Burr duel and

American Citizen

American colonies

development of unity in

independence declared by

opposition to British in

opposition to independence of

taxes in
see also specific places

American Daily Advertiser

American Indians

in American Revolution

education of

Philip Schuyler’s negotiations with

American Philosophical Society

American Revolution

AH accused of betrayal of

blacks in

bonds in

corruption of–

debt from

development of unity in

espionage in

foreign loans in

France in

international influence of

military strategy in

pamphlet warfare in

peace treaty in (1783)

personal opportunities in

political alignments of 1789 forged in

prisoner exchanges in

prison ships in

profiteering in

Spain in

trade issues in

as transatlantic conflict

see also
Articles of Confederation; Constitutional Convention; Continental Army; Continental Congress; Declaration of Independence; Second Continental Congress;
specific battles and places

Ames, Ezra

Ames, Fisher

on Adams

on AH

on Jefferson

Amory, Hester,
see
Stevens, Hester Amory “Anas” scrapbook (Jefferson)

André, John (“John Anderson”)

Anglicanism,
see
Church of England

Annapolis conference (1786)–

anthrax

antifederalists

despotic militarism feared by

New York Ratifying Convention and

speculation and

use of term

Antill, Fanny,
see
Tappan, Fanny Antill

antislavery societies

in New York

Argus

AH’s libel suit against

aristocracy

AH linked with

of bank paper

Burr’s links to

Constitutional Convention and–

of Federalists

French

in New York

Scottish

Society of the Cincinnati and

southern

Arkwright, Sir Richard

Army, British

retreat of
see also specific battles

Army, French

Army, U.S.

AH as inspector general in

AH’s imperialist escapade in

bureaucratic problems of

command vacancy in

creation of

disbanding of

domestic disturbances and

dueling curbed in

Washington’s command of

Arnold, Benedict

Arnold, Jacob, tavern of

Arnold, Margaret Shippen (Peggy)

Articles of Confederation

Federalist
critique of

money problems and

revision of

Astor, John Jacob

atheism

Auldjo, John

Aurora

anti-Adams letter leaked to

Reynolds affair and

Bache, Benjamin Franklin

death of

Bache, Margaret

Bacon, Sir Francis

Bailyn, Bernard

Baldwin, Luther

Baltimore, Md.

bancomania

Bank of Amsterdam

Bank of England

Bank of Massachusetts

Bank of New York

founding of

House investigation of AH and

Manhattan Company compared with

Bank of North America

Bank of the United States

board of

congressional approval of

constitutionality of

Gallatin’s views on

House investigation of AH and

loans of location of

Second

stock of

banks

land

money

prejudice against

private

Republican

see also
central banks;
specific banks

baptism

Barbados, Washington’s visit to

Barber, Francis

Barbot, John

Bard, Samuel

Bayard, James A.

Bayard, William

Beaumetz, chevalier de

Beckley, John

Reynolds affair and

Beckwith, George

Beekman, David

Beekman and Cruger

Benson, Egbert

Bentham, Jeremy

Bequia

Bethune, Joanna Graham

Biddle, Charles

Biddle, Nicholas

Bill of Rights, U.S.

bimetallism

Bingham, Anne Willing

Bingham, William–

blacks:

AH’s early exposure to

in American Revolution

education of

free

Jefferson’s views on

see also
slavery, slaves

Blackstone, Sir William

Bland, Martha

Bloomfield, Joseph

Board of Regents, New York

Board of Treasury

Board of War

Bonaparte, Napoleon,
see
Napoleon I, emperor of

France

bonds

in American Revolution

U.S.

Boston, Mass.

colonists’ struggle against British in

port of

“scrippomania” in

size of

Boston Massacre (1770)

Boston Tea Party

Boudinot, Anna Maria

Boudinot, Annie

Boudinot, Elias

AH’s warning from

in Congress