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Adams, John: and election of 1800, 327–28; letter to, 328; as president, 267, 322; as vice-president, 241

Agriculture, 20–21, 27–29, 31–32, 35–37, 39, 95, 167, 238, 277, 284; and public credit, 175–76; and revenue, 212

Albany, N.Y., 257, 270, 290

Albany County, N.Y., 136, 155

Alien and Sedition Acts, 268, 322

Alliances, 54, 60, 117–18, 255, 278, 288

Ambassadors, 89, 105, 116, 153, 164–65, 252, 255

“American, An”: No. I, 167–68, 235–39

American Daily Advertiser, 83, 235, 258, 260

Amphyctionic League, 79, 93, 101

Amsterdam, Netherlands, 66

Anarchy, 128, 234, 259, 262

André, John, 2, 70, 72

Angerstein, John J., 333

Antifederalists, 110–13, 116–17, 136, 142, 160, 223, 325, 332, 339–40. See also Republican Party

Appellate jurisdiction, 90

Appointments to office, 57, 89, 105, 137–38, 143–44, 165, 253

Apportionment, 117

Aristocracy, 146–47, 165, 167, 169–70, 233

Army, British, 79–80, 290

Army, Continental, 1–2, 42–46, 50, 52–55, 58, 60–65, 68–69, 74–77, 79–80, 83–85, 94, 102, 161, 290, 362–63

Army, U.S., 89–90, 105, 115, 119, 205, 211, 252, 322. See also Militias, state

Arnold, Benedict, 2, 70–72

Arnold, Peggy Shippen, 70–71

Arsenals, 198

Articles of Confederation, 92, 99; and army, 52–55, 58, 60–65, 68–69, 94, 102; and commerce, 56, 60–61, 94; defects of, 53–59, 61, 64, 103, 107–8, 113–14, 117, 137, 156, 174; and foreign affairs, 63–64; and navy, 94, 102; and public debt, 182; and public land, 60; and revenue, 56, 59–60, 64, 94; and state sovereignty, 54–55, 59–60, 103. See also Congress, under Articles of Confederation

Assembly, Massachusetts, 11

Assembly, New York, 100, 290, 325–26, 333

Assembly, South Carolina, 46

Attorney general, 186

Austria, 81–82

Balance of trade, 122, 217

Baltic Sea, 22–23

Bank bills, 218

Bank loans, 177, 208–9, 218

Bank of England, 66

Bank of Massachusetts, 206

Bank of New York, 205–6, 296

Bank of North America, 206

Bank of the Manhattan Company, 338

Bank of the United States, 66–68, 167, 223, 228, 231, 237, 296; constitutionality of, 186–218

Banks, 60, 65–68, 192, 196, 205–14, 216–17, 295–96, 362; state, 192, 217

Bank stock, 67–68, 213, 218

Barnwell, Robert, 227

Bayard, James A.: letters to, 267, 335–40, 342–45

Bedford, Pa., 260

Bern, N.Y., 353

Bible, 263

Bill of Rights, British, 148, 150

Bills of attainder, 146

Bills of credit, 270

Bills of exchange, 202–3, 217

Bills of right, 145–50; state, 148, 150

Bingham, William, 316

Blackstone, William, 147

Boston, Mass., 30, 67, 367

Boston Port Act, 30

Boston Tea Party, 30

Brissot de Warville, Jacques-Pierre, 170

Britain, 81–82, 109, 167, 271, 328, 353; agriculture in, 20–21, 28; during American Revolution, 47, 50, 63, 79–81, 97, 161, 290, 304; aristocracy in, 165; Bill of Rights, 148, 150; commerce with, 8–40, 230; Constitution, 9, 96, 134, 145, 147, 158; economy of, 19, 66–67, 94, 177, 201; elections in, 157; foreign policy toward, 229–30, 335, 338; government of, 42, 81, 96–97, 103–4, 134, 190; judiciary of, 145; Magna Charta, 147–48, 150; manufacturing in, 13–14, 16–17, 19, 25, 32, 36, 39; newspapers in, 149; Petition of Right, 148, 150; taxation by, 9–10, 15–16, 19–20, 25, 28–30, 34–35, 38; Treaty of Paris, 164. See also Parliament, British

Brown, Andrew (merchant), 353–54

Brown, Andrew (publisher), 224

Burr, Aaron, 168, 242–43, 267, 318, 331–40; duel with, 351–60, 364–65, 368–72; letters from, 351, 353–55, 357–59; letters to, 351, 355–58

Cabinet. See Executive departments

Caesar, Julius, 243

Callender, James Thomson: History of the United States for 1796, 293, 298, 313, 316, 320

Canada, 11, 22–24, 30–31, 102

Canals, 197

Canandaigua, N.Y., 354

Capital, 123, 172, 175–76, 189, 213–14, 218

Carrington, Edward: letter to, 168, 219–35

Carroll, Charles, 227

Catherine II (of Russia), 81

Catholicism, 30–31

Catiline, 260, 332, 334, 340

Charlemagne, 93

Charles I (of Britain), 148

Charles III (of Spain), 81

Chartres, duc de (Louis-Philippe d’Orléans), 299

Checks and balances, 244

Chester, Pa., 46

Childs & Swaine (printers), 223, 235

Christian Constitutional Society, 342–45

Christianity, 8, 263, 267, 344, 347, 355, 367

Church, Angelica Schuyler: letters to, 168, 260–61

Church, John B., 260–61, 371

Civil war, 108–9

Clingman, Jacob, 299–303, 306, 308–9, 312, 314–19

Clinton, George, 136, 155

Cochran, Charles, 161

Coercive Acts, 30

Coinage. See Gold and silver

College of New York (King’s College), 290

Commerce, 78–79, 157–58, 238, 277, 337; under Articles of Confederation, 56, 60–61, 94; and banks, 189, 192, 200, 202–3, 210–11, 214–16; with Britain, 8–40, 230; contraband, 122; foreign, 200, 202–3, 214–16, 288; with Indians, 189, 200; interstate, 200, 205, 210–11; and public credit, 174, 185; and U.S. Constitution, 95, 102, 107, 115–16, 122–26

Common law, 145, 147

Compensation, 135; for judges, 153–54; for members of Congress, 95, 103, 154

Congress, Continental: First, 7–40; Second, 37, 40, 46, 53–64, 69–70, 79–82, 84, 290, 362

Congress, under Articles of Confederation, 92–96, 103, 121, 153–54, 182, 220

Congress, U.S., 156, 159, 164, 240, 340–41; and army, 322; and corporations, 188, 197–200; Fifth, 322; First, 170, 221, 225, 227–28; and monopolies, 215; and revenue, 212–14, 216; Second, 289; Sixth, 345; Third, 269–70; and declaring war, 90, 105, 253–56. See also House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.

“Conjectures About the New Constitution,” 88, 107–9

Connecticut, 102, 233, 242, 338

Constitution, British, 9, 96, 134, 145, 147, 158

Constitution, French, 169, 334

Constitution, New York, 112, 129, 135–36, 138, 145–46, 149

Constitution, U.S., 244, 247–49, 258, 280, 325, 341; amendments to, 281, 283, 344; and foreign affairs, 251–57; framing of, 87–109, 238, 291; and national bank, 167, 186–218; and public debt, 181–82; ratifying of, 87–88, 107–61, 237, 334; and revenue, 183–84; Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, 321–22

Constitutional Convention, 87–108, 146, 150, 191, 291, 348–49

Constitutions, state, 55, 112–13, 129, 134–36, 138, 145–46, 149–50, 192–93, 195

“Continentalist, The”: No. III, 78–83

Contraband trade, 122

Contracts, 173, 178–80, 182, 228, 295

Cooper, Charles D., 353, 355–57

Cornwallis, Charles, 79–80, 290

Corporations, 186–90, 192, 194–200, 203–4, 206–8, 211, 213–15, 228

Corruption, 155–58, 283, 286

Cotton/cotton goods, 17

Courts, 37–38, 90, 105, 137, 139–44, 284, 360

Credit. See Public credit

Dallas, Alexander J., 242

Dearborn, Henry, 362

Debt. See Public debt

Declaration of Independence, 54, 164

Deitz, Johan J., 353

Delaware, 323

Delolme, Jean-Louis, 134

Demagogues, 95, 103, 112, 234

Democracy, 96, 104–5, 107–8, 268, 336, 338, 346, 366

Democratic-Republican Party. See Republican Party

Denmark, 64, 329

Dexter, Samuel, 327

District of Columbia (Federal City; Washington), 242, 344

Duane, James: letter to, 1, 53–70

Duels, 268, 342, 351–52, 364, 366, 368–72

Duer, William, 299, 305

Dunlap & Claypoole (printers), 260

Dutchess County, N.Y., 155, 158

Duties. See Revenue and taxation

East Florida, 22–24

East India Company, 8, 30, 33–34, 37

Edict of Nantes, 329

Edwards, Pierpont, 242

Election of 1792, 242

Election of 1796, 273

Election of 1800, 267, 325–28, 331–33, 335–40, 345

Election of 1804 for New York governor, 353–54

Elections: in Britain, 157; congressional, 87, 89, 97, 104–5, 156, 348; presidential, 89, 104–5, 349

Elective monarchy, 98, 104–5

Electoral College, 89, 268, 326

Excise tax, 168, 184, 199, 260–61

Executive branch, 56, 66, 87, 89, 97–98, 104–5, 128–36, 138–39, 251–56, 283, 335–36, 348. See also Governors, state; President

Executive councils, 129, 132–35

Executive departments, 89–90, 153, 164, 230, 280, 283, 333

Ex post facto laws, 146

Factions, 120, 128, 131, 233–34, 267, 279, 281–82, 286, 294, 328. See also Political parties

Farewell Address (Washington), 267, 273–90

Faucett, John, 329

Faucett, Mary, 329

Federal City (District of Columbia), 242

Federal Gazette, 224

Federalism, 55, 87–88, 91, 99, 107–9, 334

Federalist, The, 87; No. 1, 110–14; No. 15, 114–22; No. 35, 122–27; No. 70, 128–36; No. 78, 137–45; No. 84, 145–55

Federalist Party, 168, 220, 267–68, 320, 325–28, 331–37, 339–40, 342–43, 345, 353–54. See also Federalists

Federalists, 88, 113, 115, 142, 224. See also Federalist Party

Federal sovereignty, 94–95, 101, 117, 120–21, 187, 229, 232–33, 239

Fenno, John, 235, 320

Fisheries, 22–23, 228

Fishkill, N.Y., 347

Flax, 17, 22–23, 32, 36–37

Fleury, François-Louis Teisseydre, 48

Florida, 22–24

Foreign influence, 283, 286–87, 289

Foreign loans, 63–64, 67–68, 170, 172, 177, 201, 239

Forrest, Thomas, 76

Fortifications, 60, 198

France, 30, 81, 237; during American Revolution, 63, 97, 164, 245, 249–50; aristocracy in, 165, 169–70; Constitution of 1799, 169, 334; debt to, 170, 238; economy of, 66, 94; foreign policy toward, 229–30, 245, 248–50, 254–56, 331, 335, 337–39; government of, 61, 272, 338; Louisiana Purchase, 346–47. See also French Revolution

Franchises, 207, 209–10

Fraunces, Andrew G., 296–97, 303; letter to, 257–58

Frederick II (of Prussia), 43, 81

French language, 236, 258

French Revolution, 167, 169–70, 229–30, 244–45, 262–64, 267–68, 293

Freneau, Philip, 223, 227, 229, 235–37

Fries’ Rebellion, 323

“Full Vindication of the Measures of Congress,” 1, 7–40

Gates, Horatio, 47

Gazette of the United States, 235, 237

George III (of Britain), 11, 19, 24–25, 30, 109

Georgia, 22–24, 46, 48, 158, 160

Germany, 56, 79, 91, 93, 98–99, 101

Giles, William Branch, 225, 227, 295, 319

Glaubeck, Peter William, 297

Godwin, William, 338

Gold and silver, 205–6, 216–18, 226

Good faith, and public debt, 173–74

Governors, state, 87, 90, 104, 129, 133, 136, 151, 167, 351

Graham, Theodorus, 354

Grange, The, 267, 320, 346

Great Seal of the United States, design for, 268, 271–72

Greece, ancient, 55, 79, 93, 101, 130

Grotius, Hugo, 152

Habeas corpus writ, 146–47

Hamilton, Alexander (grandfather), 329

Hamilton, Angelica (daughter), 346–47; letter to, 168, 258

Hamilton, Elizabeth Pollock (grandmother), 329

Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler (wife), 2, 73, 78, 218–19, 258, 261, 292, 298, 305, 310, 317, 342, 347, 362, 364; letters to, 2, 50–52, 70–73, 320–21, 347, 352, 363, 367

Hamilton, James (brother): letter to, 85–86

Hamilton, James (father), 86, 290, 292, 329–30

Hamilton, Philip A. (son), 268, 292, 330, 342; letter to, 168, 218–19

Hamilton, Robert (cousin), 292

Hamilton, William (uncle): letter to, 290–92

Hapsburg dynasty, 81

Harrison, Robert Hanson, 75

Hartford, Conn., 73

Hemp, 17, 32, 36–37

Holland Land Company, 333

Holy Roman Empire, 93, 98, 101

Horses, 22–23

House of Delegates, Virginia, 220, 321–22

House of Representatives, U.S., 151, 295–97, 301, 303, 311–14, 316, 318–19; compensation of members, 95, 103, 154; election to, 89, 97, 105; and impeachment, 90; and national bank, 199; and presidential election of 1800, 331–32, 336, 345; and public credit, 171–72; and public debt, 269; representation in, 124–26, 152–53. See also Congress, U.S.

Hudson River, 352

Huguenots, 329

Humphreys, David, 75

Immigrants, 345

Impeachment, 90, 104–5, 146

Independence, 15, 54, 245

Independent Journal, 114, 122, 127, 136

Indians, 47, 102; commerce with, 189, 200; in western territory, 208

Indigo, 34

Insurance, 202

Interest, 218

“Interests and Corruption” speech, 155–61

Interstate commerce, 200, 205, 210–11

Intolerable Acts, 30

Investment, 218

Ireland, 13, 18–22, 34

Italy, 66

Jackson, William: letter to, 268, 328–30

Jay, John, 87, 261; letters to, 1–2, 43–46, 268, 325–26

Jefferson, Thomas, 168; and election of 1800, 325, 327, 331–32, 336–39; as minister to France, 237, 239; as president, 267, 346–47, 351; rivalry with, 222–24, 226–34, 240–41; as secretary of state, 167, 186, 188, 190–94, 196–99, 204, 210–12, 217–18, 235–37, 239, 240–41; as vice-president, 297

John (of Britain), 147–48

Johnson, Samuel, 32

Joseph II (of Austria), 81

Judges, 348; appointment of, 137–38, 143–44; compensation for, 153–54; independence of, 139–40, 142–43; of Supreme Court, 90, 105; tenure of, 137–38, 142–45

Judicial branch, 90, 105, 137–45, 233–34, 251–52, 283, 348. See also Judiciaries, state; Supreme Court, U.S.

Judiciaries, state, 90, 105

Judiciary Act (1801), 345

“Junius,” 134

Juries, 38, 137, 146

Kane, James, 354

Kean, John, 330

Kent, James, 353–55

Kentucky, 321–22

Kentucky Resolutions, 321–22

King, Rufus, 227, 242, 367; letter to, 269–70

Kingston, N.Y., 269

Knox, Henry, 85, 232

Lace, 22

Lafayette, Marie-Joseph du Motier de, 74, 335; letter to, 169–70

Lancaster Turnpike, 303, 309

Landowners, 125–26, 177

Land tax. See Property tax

Land values, 94, 102, 116, 175–77

Lansing, John, Jr., 155, 354

La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric de, 261

Laurens, John, 2, 43; letters to, 2, 45–49

Lavien, John Michael, 329

Lavien, Peter, 329

Lavien, Rachel Faucett (mother), 290, 329–30

Law, John, 66

Law of nations, 250, 255–56

Laws, enforcement of, 258–59, 280

Leather goods, 17

Lee, Henry: letter to, 171

Legal codes, 144, 159

Legislative acts, judicial review of, 139–43

Legislative branch, 56–57, 87, 89–90, 95–97, 103–5, 131, 138–40, 143, 251, 253, 255–56, 283, 348. See also Congress, U.S.; House of Representatives, U.S.; Legislatures, state; Senate, U.S.

Legislatures: colonial, 29–30; state, 55–56, 60, 89, 92, 96, 100–101, 103–4, 151, 154–55, 159–60, 167, 195, 231–34, 321, 325–26, 333, 345, 348

Lewis, Morgan, 354

Lewis, Richard, 304

Liberty Pole, N.J. (army headquarters), 70

Lightbourn, William, 3

Lighthouses, 192, 194

Linen, 22–23

Livingston, Gilbert, 304

Livingston, Robert R., 338, 354

Loans. See Bank loans; Foreign loans

London, England, 11

Long Island, 325

Lotteries, 201

Louisiana, 346–47

Lowndes, William, 3

Loyalists, 42

Luxuries, 19–20, 122, 284

Madeira, 34, 38

Madison, James, 87–88, 167; at Constitutional Convention, 91, 348–49; in faction against Hamilton, 220–22, 224–34; letter to, 136–37; as representative from Virginia, 235

Magna Carta, 147–48, 150

Mair, John, 219

Majority rule, 156–57

Manufacturing, 13–14, 16–19, 25, 32, 36, 39, 102, 122–26, 158, 167, 238, 277, 284; and banks, 210; and public credit, 175, 183, 185; and revenue, 212

Maria Theresa (of Austria), 81

Martin, Josiah, 48

Martin, Luther, 142

Maryland, 96, 233, 323

Mason, George, 348

Massachusetts, 67, 93; legislature of, 11; during Revolution, 11, 30

Massachusetts Government Act, 30

Mathews, John, 52

McCormick, Daniel, 330

McDougall, Alexander, 61

McHenry, James: letters to, 2, 77–78, 323

Meade, Mary Grymes, 50

Meade, Richard Kidder, 50

Mechanics, 125–26, 345

“Memorandum on the Design for Seal of the United States,” 268, 271–72

“Memorandum on the French Revolution,” 262–64

Mercer, John F., 227

Merchant marine, 202

Merchants, 125–26, 175, 189–90, 210, 288

Militias, state, 44–45, 79–80, 89–90, 105, 228, 252, 260, 322, 323. See also Army, U.S.

Mint, U.S., 226, 231

Mississippi River, 22–24, 115, 280, 347

Mitchell, Ann, 367

Molasses, 38

Monarchy, 57, 87, 97–98, 104–5, 109, 134, 138, 157–58, 167, 232, 234, 283

Money, 54, 60–62, 64, 66–68, 79, 96, 116; and banks, 205–13; gold and silver, 205–6, 216–18, 226; paper, 64, 66–68, 96, 210, 218; and public credit, 175–77, 180–81

Monopolies, 194, 196, 215

Monroe, James, 301, 311–14, 316

Montesquieu, baron de (Charles-Louis de Secondat), 138–39

Montgomery County, N.Y., 151, 158

Moore, Benjamin, 369

Moore, Mrs., 47

Morality, 284–85, 364

Morgan, Daniel, 161

Morris, Gouverneur, 339; letters to, 267–68, 331, 340–41

Morris, Robert, 61

Mortgages, 214, 227

Mount Vernon, 242

Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus, 301, 311–14, 318

Napoléon Bonaparte, 325, 335

National bank. See Bank of the United States

National Gazette, 223, 229, 235–37, 241

National wealth, 115, 284

Navigation, 210, 238, 277, 338

Navy, Continental, 60–61, 94, 102

Navy, U.S., 89–90, 105, 202, 205, 252, 333

Necker, Jacques, 96, 169

Negative. See Veto

Netherlands, 823; commerce of, 22; debt to, 201, 239; economy of, 66, 94, 102; government, 56, 78

Neutrality, 82, 229, 248, 250, 254, 256–57, 287, 333

Neutrality Proclamation, 245, 248–51, 253–54, 257, 289

Nevis, 329

New England, 345; and Constitutional Convention, 97; during Revolution, 40–42

New Hampshire, 160

New Jersey, 106, 233, 323, 334, 352; commerce in, 94; constitution of, 129; governor of, 129; during Revolution, 42

New Jersey Plan, 91–92, 94–95, 101–6

New Orleans, La., 346–47

Newspapers, 149, 152, 223–24, 227, 235–37, 241, 257, 294, 344–45

New Windsor, N.Y., 74

New York, 1–2, 7, 31, 87, 91, 102, 106, 168, 304–5, 320, 323; agriculture in, 27; commerce in, 23, 123–24; constitution of, 112, 129, 135–36, 138, 145–46, 149; Federalist articles addressed to, 110, 114, 122, 128, 137, 145; governor of, 129, 133, 136, 351; judiciary of, 138; legislature of, 92, 100, 104, 290, 325–26, 333; and ratification, 136–37, 155–61; during Revolution, 40–42

New York City, 7, 70, 85, 88, 106–7, 137, 161, 169, 171, 223, 227, 235, 240, 257, 261, 267, 271, 273, 291–92, 313, 320–21, 323–25, 327–28, 330–31, 335, 340, 342, 346, 348, 353–55, 357–58, 366, 368

New York Evening Post, 369

New York Packet, 83

Non-Consumption Agreement, 33–35, 37–40

Non-Importation and Non-Exportation Agreement, 11, 18, 25–28, 31, 33–35, 39–40

North, Frederick, 11–12

North Carolina, 44–45, 48, 94, 102

Northwest Territory, 204

Nova Scotia, 22–24

“Observations on Certain Documents Contained in History of the United States for 1796,” 293–320

Ohio River, 204

“Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank,” 167, 186–218

Original jurisdiction, 90

Ovid, 219

“Pacificus”: No. I, 168, 249–57

Paper money, 64, 66–68, 96, 210, 218

Paramus, N.J., 334

Pardons, 89, 105

Parliament, British, 1, 8–12, 15, 19, 28–31, 34–35, 38, 96, 157–58

Paterson, William, 95

Patronage, 236, 282, 293

Pauw, Cornelius, 269

Pendleton, Nathaniel, 354, 360; statements by, 368–71

Pennsylvania, 67, 102; commerce in, 94; Fries’ Rebellion, 323; politics in, 242, 326; and ratification, 142; revenue in, 260–61; Whiskey Rebellion, 168, 260–61, 322

Pennsylvania Freeman, 235

Petition of Right, 148, 150

Petitions, 11–12, 14, 21, 24–25

Phelps, Oliver, 354

Philadelphia, Pa., 37, 42, 46, 67, 85, 87, 107, 189, 218–19, 221, 223, 227, 235, 240, 242, 260–61, 264, 304–5, 314, 320, 323

Philip of Macedon, 93

Phocis, 93

Pickering, Timothy, 224; letter to, 348–49

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 267, 327; letters to, 268, 323–24, 346–47

Pinckney, Mary Stead, 347

Pinckney, Thomas, 261

“Plan of Government,” 87, 89–90

“Plan of Government” speech, 87, 91–105

Plurality of executives, 130–33, 135

Poland, 98, 105

Police, 189

Political parties, 111, 167–68, 220, 227, 231–32, 278–79, 281–83, 288, 294, 335, 339. See also Factions and specific parties

Pollock, Robert, 329

Poll tax, 56, 60

Population, 153, 158

President, 88, 128–36, 231, 320; appointments by, 89, 105, 137–38, 143–44, 165, 253; as commander in chief, 89, 105, 252; compensation for, 154; election of, 89, 104–5, 349; etiquette observed by, 163–65; and foreign affairs, 89, 251–57; impeachment of, 90, 104–5; pardons by, 89, 105; removals from office by, 194; tenure of, 97–98, 104, 348–49; and treaties, 256; veto of, 89, 105. See also individual presidents

Press, freedom of, 149

Prices, 123

Professions, representation of, 125–26

Profits, 123

Property, 67, 96, 107, 113, 116, 126, 128, 176, 178–79, 211, 228

Property tax, 56, 60, 94, 125–26

Protestantism, 30–31

Prussia, 81; army of, 43; economy of, 64

Public credit, 62, 65–67, 79, 115–16, 170–85, 200–201, 205, 237, 239, 269–70, 285

Public debt, 19, 37, 107–8, 170, 172–85, 200–201, 205, 211–12, 220–22, 225, 227–28, 237, 239, 241, 269–70, 285

Public land, 60, 213

Public opinion, 69, 95–96, 106–7, 132, 149, 278, 283, 286

Public securities, 174–75, 177–81, 217

“Publius” penname, 87

Quebec Act, 30–31

Randolph, Edmund, 91, 98–99, 137, 348; as attorney general, 186, 188, 193–94, 198–200, 203–4, 209–12, 217, 242

Religion, 30–31, 263, 267, 284–85, 325, 344, 363–64, 370

Removals from office, 194

“Report on Public Credit,” 167, 171–85

Representation, 8, 28, 38, 94–95, 102–3, 124–27, 152–54, 156–59

Republicanism, 34, 57, 95–97, 103–4, 109, 112–13, 128–29, 134, 146–47, 188, 231–34, 245, 282, 284, 287, 348–49

Republican Party, 167, 220, 235–36, 239–43, 267–68, 315, 317, 325–26, 332, 334–35, 339, 345. See also Antifederalists

Revenue Acts, 11, 35

Revenue and taxation, 95, 102, 108, 117, 122–27, 149, 159, 170, 346; under Articles of Confederation, 56, 59–60, 64, 94; and banks, 189, 199–202, 205–8, 211–14; British taxation of colonies, 9–10, 15–16, 19–20, 25, 28–30, 34–35, 38; excise tax, 168, 184, 199, 260–61; poll tax, 56, 60; and public credit, 183–85; and public debt, 285

Revenue collectors, 153, 214

Revolutionary War, 1–2, 43–48, 50–52, 63–64, 75, 77, 79–81, 83–84, 97, 161, 164, 167, 174, 176, 249–50, 290, 304, 333–34, 351, 362–63

Reynolds, James, 298–312, 315–19

Reynolds, Maria, 268, 298–300, 302, 304–10, 312, 315–19

“Reynolds Pamphlet,” 268, 293–320

Richmond, Va., 67

Rivington, James, 40, 42

Rome, ancient, 15, 50, 98, 105, 128–30, 135, 190

Royal Danish American Gazette: letter to, 1, 4–7

Rush, Benjamin: letter to, 268, 342

Rush, Julia Stockton, 342

Rush, Richard, 342

Russia, 81–82; army of, 43; economy of, 64, 94, 102

Rutherford, Thomas, 152

Rutledge, John, Jr.: letter to, 267

Rye, 32

St. Croix, 1, 3–7

St. Kitts, 329

St. Lawrence River, 22

St. Vincent, 292

Salvage, 202

Schuyler, Angelica. See Church, Angelica Schuyler

Schuyler, Catherine, 73, 362

Schuyler, Elizabeth. See Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler

Schuyler, Margarita, 73; letter to, 73–74

Schuyler, Philip, 2, 50, 52, 61, 73, 292, 305, 347, 362; letter to, 2, 74–77

Scotland, 290, 292, 329

Seabury, Samuel, 7, 18, 23–24, 26–28, 33, 35–38

Sears, Isaac, 40

Seckel, Henry, 302–3

Sectionalism, 279, 282

Sedgwick, Theodore: letters to, 268, 327, 366–67

Sedition, 128

Senate, Maryland, 96

Senate, New York, 92, 100, 104, 290, 325–26, 333

Senate, U.S., 151, 165, 336, 345; and appointments, 89–90, 253; compensation of members, 95, 103, 154; election to, 87, 89, 97, 104–5, 348; and impeachment, 90; and public credit, 269–70; and public debt, 270; representation in, 152–53; and treaties, 89–90, 105, 154, 165, 256, 280. See also Congress, U.S.

Senate, Virginia, 220, 321–22

Silk, 17

Slander, 293–94, 297–98, 304, 319

Slaves, possible enlistment as soldiers, 2, 56–58

Smith, Melancton, 155, 158

Smith, William, 3

Smuggling, 122

South Carolina, 158, 330; legislature of, 46; during Revolution, 43–45, 47–48

Southwest Territory, 204

Spain, 81; during American Revolution, 63; territories of, 102, 115; treaties with, 280

Speculation, 293–300

Stamp Act, 11

Stamp Act Congress, 11

State Department, U.S., 223, 235–37

“Statement Regarding Financial Situation,” 360–63

“Statement Regarding the Duel with Burr,” 364–66

State ratifying conventions, 136–37, 155–61, 215

State sovereignty, 54–55, 59–60, 91–92, 95, 103, 117, 120–21, 187, 229, 232–33, 239, 321–22

Statute law, 145, 147

Stevens, Edward: letter to, 1, 3

Stevens, Thomas, 3

Stock. See Bank stock; Public securities

Stock transfers, 175, 180–81

Stock values, 177, 181

Stringer, Samuel, 355

Suffrage, 94

Sullivan, John, 47

Supreme Court, U.S., 345; and impeachment, 90; jurisdiction of, 90; justices of, 90, 105

Sweden, 97; army of, 62; economy of, 64; government of, 65

Switzerland, 55, 93, 101

Taxation. See Revenue and taxation

Tayler, John, 354

Tea, duties on, 8, 10, 29–30, 35

Tea Act, 8, 10, 29–30, 35

Thompson, William, 47

Tilghman, Tench, 74–75, 77

Tories, 42

Trade. See Commerce

Treason, 89, 105, 146, 260

Treasury, U.S., 58, 64, 115, 206, 218, 232, 268, 295, 297, 300–301, 318

Treasury Department, U.S., 153, 167, 171, 186, 225, 241, 257, 291, 294–95, 299–300, 303, 305–6, 318

Treasury orders, 217

Treaties, 89–90, 105, 117–18, 154, 165, 187, 245, 250–57

Treaty of Alliance with France (1778), 164, 250, 255

Treaty of Paris (1783), 164

Treaty with France (1800), 331, 335

Treaty with Spain (1795), 280

Troup, Robert: letter to, 270–71

“Tully”: No. III, 168, 258–60

Turnpikes, 303, 309

Ulster County, N.Y., 155

Vanderkemp, Francis A., 136

Van Ness, William P., 353, 355, 358–59, 365, 369; letter to, 351, 359–60; statements by, 368, 371–72

Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 354

Vattel, Emmerich von, 250–51

Venable, Abraham, 301, 311–14

Venice, Italy, 66

Veto, 87, 89–90, 105

Vice president, 231

Virginia, 67, 87–88, 92, 100, 230, 237, 268, 295, 306, 313–14, 348; commerce in, 94; legislature of, 321–22; and ratification, 136–37; during Revolution, 44–45, 75, 79–80, 161, 290

Virginia Plan, 91–92, 98–99, 103–5

Virginia Resolutions, 321–22

Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 318

War, 78, 80, 82–83, 89, 119, 132, 202, 247, 333, 346; civil, 108–9; declaration of, 60, 90, 105, 156, 253–56; European, 249–51, 335; foreign, 278, 285–86

War Department, U.S., 153

Washington, George, 294; death of, 323–24; Farewell Address (Hamilton’s draft), 267, 273–90; as general, 1–2, 46, 48–49, 55, 58, 62, 70, 74–77, 161, 290; letters to, 83–85, 87–88, 106–7, 161–65, 240–42, 264–65, 267, 273–90; as president, 109, 161–65, 167, 186, 188, 213–14, 226–27, 232, 245–47, 249, 257, 291, 311, 313

Washington, Martha, 48; letter to, 324

Washington (District of Columbia), 344

Webster, Noah, 320

Weehawken, N.J., 352, 368–72

Westchester County, N.Y., 325

Western territory, 225; Indians in, 102, 208; Louisiana, 346–47; and national bank, 197, 200, 203, 212; public land in, 213; settlement of, 102

West Florida, 22–24

West Indies, 13, 18–19, 21–24, 34, 292, 329

West Point, N.Y., 70

Wheat, 22–24, 32

Whigs, 42

Whiskey Rebellion, 168, 260–61, 322

William III (of Britain), 148

Wolcott, Oliver, Jr., 312, 314, 316–17

Wood/wooden goods, 22–23

Wool/woolen goods, 17, 32, 35–36

Yates, Robert, 99

Yorktown, Va., 161, 290