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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