Alexander Hamilton (159 page)

Callender’s attacks on, 529–38
demise of, 626–27, 727
electoral tie of 1801 and, 635–38
“federal ratio” and, 239
fracturing of, 525, 557, 573, 594, 601, 626 French Revolution and, 431, 434–35, 438, 439,

446, 547, 549–52, 569–70, 592–95, 602, 630 High, 523, 574, 601, 612, 620, 630, 648
Jay Treaty and, 485–501
Jefferson’s deal with, 638, 639
judiciary and, 647–49, 718–19
legacy of, 628, 638, 639, 646–48
Louisiana Purchase and, 671–72, 678
Manhattan Company and, 586–88
medicine and, 450
Neutrality Proclamation and, 435–37
origins of, 330, 391–92
Pamphlet Wars and, 661–64
press freedom and, 667–71
progressive landowner–former Tory alliance in, 195 public debt and, 480
Republicans’ violent clashes with, 569–70, 590 secession threat and, 672, 678–79, 697
XYZ Affair and, 549–52, 569–70, 573
see also specific elections

federal ratio, 239, 628
Fenner, Arthur, 617
Fenno, John, 395–96, 403, 407, 453, 570, 585 Ferling, John, 212, 420, 594, 596–97, 611
Fillmore, Millard, 730
financial panic of 1792, 379–84, 387, 410
Findley, William, 474–77
First Continental Congress, 55, 57–59, 87
Fish, Nicholas, 53, 63, 119, 159, 162–63, 216, 334,

AH’s duels and, 491, 492, 695
FitzSimons, Thomas, 178, 330
Flavinier, Eliza, 417–18
Fleming, Edward, 63
Flexner, James T., 95, 96, 391
Flint, Royal, 384
Florida, Spanish, 566, 568, 595, 718
Folwell, Richard, 366
Ford, Gabriel, 129
Ford, Jacob, 127
Fort Christiansvaern, 11, 12, 21, 32–33
Fort Lee, 82
Fort Ticonderoga, 85, 97, 149
Fort Washington, 82
Fourth of July, 268, 283–85, 487, 651, 652, 654 Fox, Charles James, 282, 465, 466
France, 7, 66, 138, 295, 480

Adams’s peace initiative with, 592–99, 611, 620, 623, 630–31, 657
American Revolution and, 61, 96, 100, 112, 118, 119–20, 126, 139, 148, 150, 151, 154, 160–65, 392, 431–34, 436, 446, 506

Gage, Thomas, 55
Gallatin, Albert, 322, 455, 488, 529, 559, 571, 608 as treasury secretary, 639, 646–47, 658, 718

Gates, Horatio, 97, 100–106, 129, 138, 556, 562, 607
Conway letter to, 105
Washington’s rivalry with, 104–6, 272

Gazette of the United States,
395–96, 403–4, 407, 453, 529, 542, 664
“Pacificus” essays in, 441–43
“Phocion” essays in, 511–14

Gelston, David, 539–40
Genêt, Cornelia Clinton, 447
Genêt, Edmond Charles (Citizen Genêt), 437–48,

453, 463, 478, 487
privateers recruited by, 437–38, 440, 441 Geneva, 94, 145
George II, king of England, 17, 85
George III, king of England, 33, 66–67, 76, 97, 212,

244, 396, 398, 548, 578, 674
New York City statue of, 77–78
George IV, king of England, 281–82

Georgia, 207, 261
colonial, 57
slavery in, 238

Gerry, Elbridge, 234, 281, 511, 552, 568
in diplomatic mission to France, 548–51, 592
Giles, William Branch, 425–28, 440, 455, 530, 532, 550, 648, 719
Gimat, Jean-Joseph Sourbader de, 162–63
Girondists, 437, 446–47
Glasgow, 13–14, 21
Glasgow Inkle Factory, 14
Glassford, John, 14
Goebel, Julius, Jr., 5, 190
Goodenough, Ephraim, 413
Goodhue, Benjamin, 561, 617, 623
Gordon, William, 124–25
Gorham, Nathaniel, 221
government, federal,
see
federal government
Gracie, Archibald, 649
Graham, Isabella, 582, 585
Graham, Joanna,
see
Bethune, Joanna Graham
Grange, the (castle near Kilmarnock), 12, 641
Grange, the (Hamilton residence), 641–44, 654, 660, 665–67, 688, 693–94, 695, 705, 706, 724, 725 description of, 642–43, 666
dinner parties at, 679, 693, 699
Grange, the (St. Croix), 10–11, 22, 25, 641
Grasse, comte de, 160, 161, 185
Graydon, Alexander, 93, 135
Great Britain, 246, 458–62, 539, 566–67, 651 abolitionist proposals of, 122, 123
Adams’s views on, 112, 521, 548
AH asylum tale and, 429
AH’s imitation of, 287, 370–72, 374, 377, 378 AH’s views on, 3, 233, 287, 294–96, 302, 319, 392–95, 397–98, 435, 440, 443, 460, 466, 490, 495, 521, 532, 620–21, 623, 674–75

Caribbean colonies of, 7–12, 14–16, 295, 458, 462, 580
colonists’ struggle against, 42, 44, 46;
see also
American Revolution
constitution of, 53, 59, 393, 394, 398, 529
credit of, 156, 313, 393
debt of, 59
foreign loans of, 138
French Revolution and, 432–33, 435–40, 442, 443, 464, 465, 547, 611
industrial secrets of, 370–72, 374
Jefferson’s hatred of, 313, 319, 392, 435, 446, 458, 460
laws of, 168
northwest forts of, 394, 486
shipping of, 294
textile industry of, 108, 277, 374, 376, 730–72
trade of, 60, 221, 341, 370–71, 393, 458, 459, 462, 496
U.S. ships and seamen seized by, 459–62, 485, 495
U.S. threat of war with, 459–62, 487–88, 494, 551, 631
U.S. treaties with,
see
American Revolution, peace treaty in; Jay Treaty
Greene, Nathanael, 73–74, 85, 92, 100, 102, 138, 141, 150, 154, 177, 183
AH’s eulogy for, 166, 284, 308–9
Greenleaf, Ann, 575–77
Greenleaf, Thomas, 575
Grenadine Islands, 40, 148
Griswold, Roger, 569, 672
Grotjan, Peter A., 366

Haarlem Linen and Dye Manufactory, 14
Hale, Nathan, 81
Hallwood, Thomas, 39
Hamilton
(miniature frigate), 269, 276
Hamilton, Alexander:

as abolitionist, 5, 6, 23, 27, 33, 41, 94, 121–22,
210–12, 239, 307, 495, 514, 580–82, 629, 662,
730
administrative and organizational competence of,
4, 31, 81, 88, 89, 99–100, 254, 288–89, 563–65 Alien and Sedition Acts and, 571–72, 575–77,
599–600
ambition of, 3, 30–31, 33, 35–36, 58, 94, 133,
149–50, 153, 154–55, 158–59, 161, 167, 205,
221, 336, 394, 467, 521–22, 554–55, 559–60,
599, 601–2, 622, 625, 666
at Annapolis conference, 222–24
anti-Tory bias contested by, 169, 183–84, 186,
194–99, 221, 245
appearance of, 17, 27, 41, 51, 86, 169, 251, 328,
333, 334, 363, 464
as artillery captain, 5, 72–85, 155, 319
authorized biography of, 2–3, 42, 95, 614, 727 Hamilton, Alexander (
cont.
)
health problems and injuries of, 24, 27, 84, 86, 92–93, 104, 115, 165, 333, 367, 449–53, 455, 456, 472, 502, 515, 532, 563, 666
heroism of, 5, 31, 55–56, 64, 165, 169, 284 as homebody and family man, 222–23, 640–44, 695 homoerotic attachments of, 95, 96–97
honor of, 64, 117, 125, 142–44, 150, 164, 237–38, 254, 308–9, 319, 406, 423, 430, 480, 491–93, 621, 622, 652, 683–84, 690–91, 694
honors received by, 119, 186, 206, 337, 432, 538–41, 723
illegitimate birth of, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 20–21, 25, 27–28, 35, 40, 86, 149, 207, 226–27, 245, 393, 511, 522, 541, 615–16, 712
impoverished boyhood of, 2, 17, 20–27, 522, 527 inheritance of, 25, 207
as inspector general, 555–68, 573, 576–79, 592–603, 614, 619, 633
integrity of, 287, 293–94, 319, 341, 725
intelligence of, 5, 27, 53, 92, 120, 132, 154–55, 238, 240, 666
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and, 574, 576, 577
as King’s College volunteer, 63, 67, 71, 74 land purchased by, 186, 641
legacy of, 2–6, 344–45, 713–14, 727
libel suit of, 575–77
as major general, 5, 73, 165
Manhattan Company and, 585–89, 603, 604 marriage of,
see
Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler medical interests of, 27, 38, 51–52, 450, 472, 544, 545, 696
mentors of, 34–38, 43–46
military promoted by, 3, 6, 90, 139, 183, 255, 290, 378, 459, 546, 551, 553–54, 564–65
mixed-race allegations about, 9, 245
monarchist leanings of, 3, 46, 53, 60, 232–34, 258, 278, 314, 397–402, 405, 406, 408, 424, 425, 429, 443, 532, 657, 674–75, 724
musical interests of, 206, 337, 692, 693
nationalist vision of, 3, 4, 92, 108, 157–58, 221, 265, 287, 307, 371, 375, 387, 466, 521, 628, 671–72, 697
nepotism of, 563–64
in New York Assembly, 5, 221–22, 226–27, 261
New-York Evening Post
and, 5, 649–55, 662, 664 New York gubernatorial candidacy rejected by, 483
New York Ratifying Convention and, 5, 246, 261–68, 284
as New York tax receiver, 170–72
nicknames of, 91, 92
as orator, 5, 50, 55–56, 64, 190, 193, 226, 231–35, 264–66, 284–85, 308–9, 444, 489–90, 522, 669–70, 707–8
orphans helped by, 203–4, 502–3, 693, 699 “Pacificus,” 441–43
“Phocion,” 196–97, 245, 511–14, 531, 664 poetry, 5, 33–34, 35, 38, 43, 45–46, 70, 132, 724 “Publius,” 118, 248
style of, 59, 60, 150, 250, 252, 511
see also Federalist Papers, The
;
specific works
Hamilton, Alexander (cousin), 527
Hamilton, Alexander (son), 725–26
birth and childhood of, 203, 205, 222, 336, 363,
526
education of, 336, 725
father’s death and, 708, 711, 713
on mother, 582
Hamilton, Alexander (uncle), 13
Hamilton, Alexander, laird of Grange (grandfather),
12, 129
Hamilton, Allan McLane (grandson), 16
Hamilton, Angelica (daughter):
birth and childhood of, 203, 205, 206, 363, 526 education of, 206, 336
father’s death and, 708, 711
mental breakdown of, 655, 667, 723, 726 musical interests of, 206, 337, 655
Hamilton, Eliza (daughter),
see
Holly, Eliza Hamilton Hamilton, Elizabeth (aunt), 13
Hamilton, Elizabeth Pollock (grandmother), 12, 15,
129
Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler (Eliza or Betsey; wife),
96, 128–37, 145–51, 154, 158–61, 173, 191,
203–8, 264, 332–33, 335–37, 353, 363–68, 484,
526, 619, 641–45
AH’s correspondence with, 14–45, 52, 130,
133–34, 136, 138, 142, 145–48, 159, 160–61,
163, 164–65, 173, 183, 222–23, 335–36, 367,
485, 502, 544, 554, 563, 583, 584, 602, 641, 642,
644–45, 651, 667, 697, 699, 709, 724, 730 AH’s death and, 705, 706, 708–9, 711
AH’s dependence on, 554, 583
AH’s first meeting with, 103, 129
AH’s hymn for, 700, 709
Angelica Church’s correspondence with, 282, 333,
336, 465, 466–67, 478, 479, 527–28, 543, 641 appearance of, 1, 130, 131, 204, 466
Burr’s first meeting with, 169
death of, 3, 727, 731
domesticity of, 147, 204, 205, 210, 335
education of, 131
family background of, 129–31, 134–47
farewell address and, 508, 544
Federalist
and, 247, 248
French refugees and, 463–66
Grange and, 643, 660, 693–94, 695, 700, 705, 706,
724, 725
Hamilton-Burr duel and, 689, 691, 693, 695, 705,
706, 708, 715
health problems of, 449–53
inheritance of, 693, 695, 724
Hamilton, Philip (eldest son) (
cont.
)
education of, 205, 206, 336
health problems of, 544–45
Hamilton, Philip (Little Phil; youngest son), 654, 708, 711, 726
Hamilton, Rachel Faucette Lavien (mother), 9–12, 20–27, 142, 376
adultery and imprisonment of, 11, 20, 28 AH’s latent hostility toward, 203, 226
AH compared with, 12, 16
childbirths of, 11, 16, 20, 25
death of, 24–25, 26, 28, 53, 580
divorce of, 11, 12, 16, 20–21, 25, 615
flight of, 12, 16, 20
inheritance of, 10, 11, 17, 23
marriage of, 10–12, 16, 615
as shopkeeper, 22–23
Hamilton, Robert (cousin), 527
Hamilton, Walter (uncle), 13
Hamilton, William (supposed mulatto child), 735 Hamilton, William (uncle), 13, 526–27, 534, 542 Hamilton, William, Dr. (possible relative of James Hamilton), 18–19
Hamilton, William Stephen, 542, 708, 711, 713 Hamilton-Burr duel, 1, 4, 19, 38, 672–74, 680–709, 714–22
Burr’s flight after, 716–20
Church-Burr duel compared with, 590, 591 Cooper letter and, 680–83, 686–88
coroner’s jury and, 716, 717
election of 1804 and, 672–82
farewell letters and, 693–94, 698–99, 709, 715, 724 grand jury indictment and, 718
negotiations in, 685–89
Philip Hamilton–Eacker duel compared with, 652–54
Philip Schuyler letter and, 680–81
pistols used in, 701–3
preparations for, 691–92
public statement in, 694
shot thrown away in, 689–90, 702–3, 715 who fired first in, 703–4
Hamilton College, 338
Hamilton Free School, 729
Hamilton-Oneida Academy, 338
Hammond, Abijah, 590
Hammond, George, 394–95, 438, 439, 461–62, 487, 547
Hammond, Judah, 696
Hancock, John, 62, 94, 99, 714
Harison, Richard, 575
Harlem Heights, 80, 81
Harper, Robert G., 554, 594, 634
Harrison, Robert H., 92
Harvard, 229, 337, 517
Hawley, Elizabeth, 730
Hearts of Oak (the Corsicans), 63
Hudson Valley, 100–104, 140–41, 150–51, 195, 211,
220
Huguenots, French, 8, 17, 45, 94
Hume, David, 51, 52, 60, 156, 170, 260, 296 hurricanes, 36–37, 39
Hylton v. United States,
501–2