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Index
Cover
The Essential Hamilton
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
THE WEST INDIES, THE REVOLUTION, AND THE CONFEDERATION 1769–1786
To Edward Stevens, November 11, 1769 “My Ambition Is Prevalent”
To The Royal Danish American Gazette, September 6, 1772 Account of a Hurricane
A Full Vindication of the Measures of the Congress, December 15, 1774
To John Jay, November 26, 1775 The Danger of Trusting in Virtue
To John Jay, March 14, 1779 Enlisting Slaves as Soldiers
To John Laurens, c. April 1779 Hope for a Wife
To John Laurens, January 8, 1780 “I Am Not Fit for This Terrestreal Country”
To Elizabeth Schuyler, August 1780 “Examine Well Your Heart”
To James Duane, September 3, 1780 “The Defects of Our Present System”
To Elizabeth Schuyler, September 25, 1780 The Plight of Mrs. Arnold
To Elizabeth Schuyler, October 2, 1780 The Fate of Major André
To Margarita Schuyler, January 21, 1781 Advice About Marriage
To Philip Schuyler, February 18, 1781 A Break with Washington
To James McHenry, February 18, 1781 Washington Will Repent His Ill-Humour
The Continentalist No. III, August 9, 1781
To George Washington, February 13, 1783 The Prospect of a Mutiny
To James Hamilton, June 22, 1785 “I Feel All the Sentiment of a Brother”
FRAMING AND RATIFYING THE CONSTITUTION, 1787–1789
Plan of Government, c. June 18, 1787
Speech in the Constitutional Convention on a Plan of Government, June 18, 1787
To George Washington, July 3, 1787 “The Critical Opportunity”
Conjectures About the New Constitution, c. late September 1787
The Federalist No. 1, October 27, 1787
The Federalist No. 15, December 1, 1787
The Federalist No. 35, January 5, 1788
The Federalist No. 70, March 15, 1788
To James Madison, May 19, 1788 Coordinating a Campaign
The Federalist No. 78, May 28, 1788
The Federalist No. 84, May 28, 1788
Speech in the New York Ratifying Convention on Interests and Corruption, June 21, 1788
To George Washington, September 1788 Convincing Washington to Serve
To George Washington, May 5, 1789 Presidential Etiquette
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, 1789–1795
To Lafayette, October 6, 1789 “I Hazard Much”
To Henry Lee, December 1, 1789 “Suspicion Is Ever Eagle Eyed”
FROM Report on Public Credit, January 9, 1790
Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, February 23, 1791
To Philip A. Hamilton, December 5, 1791 “A Promise Must Never Be Broken”
To Edward Carrington, May 26, 1792 “A Faction Decidedly Hostile to Me”
An American No. I, August 4, 1792
To George Washington, September 9, 1792 Responding to a Plea for Peace
To an Unknown Correspondent, September 26, 1792
An Embryo-Cæsar
Draft of a Defense of the Neutrality Proclamation, c. May 1793
Pacificus No. I, June 29, 1793
To Andrew G. Fraunces, October 1, 1793
“Contemptible As You Are”
To Angelica Hamilton, c. November 1793 Advice to a Daughter
Tully No. III, August 28, 1794
To Angelica Church, October 23, 1794 “Wicked Insurgents of the West”
To Angelica Church, December 8, 1794 “A Politician, and Good for Nothing”
Memorandum on the French Revolution, 1794
To George Washington, February 3, 1795 Resigning from Office
FEDERALIST LEADER AND ATTORNEY, 1795–1804
To Rufus King, February 21, 1795 A Threat to the Public Credit
To Robert Troup, April 13, 1795 “Public Fools”
Memorandum on the Design for Seal of the United States, c. May 1796
To George Washington, July 30, 1796 A Draft of the Farewell Address
To William Hamilton, May 2, 1797 Introduction to an Uncle
The “Reynolds Pamphlet,” August 25, 1797
To Elizabeth Hamilton, November 19, 1798 “My Good Genius”
To Theodore Sedgwick, February 2, 1799 The Problem of Virginia
To James McHenry, March 18, 1799 Displaying Strength “Like a Hercules”
To Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, December 22, 1799 The Death of Washington
To Martha Washington, January 12, 1800 “So Heart-Rending an Affliction”
To John Jay, May 7, 1800 An Electoral Stratagem
To Theodore Sedgwick, May 10, 1800 Withdrawing Support from Adams
To John Adams, August 1, 1800 Response to an Accusation
To William Jackson, August 26, 1800 “The Most Humiliating Criticism”
Rules for Philip Hamilton, 1800
To Gouverneur Morris, December 26, 1800 Jefferson over Burr
To John Rutledge Jr., January 4, 1801 Anxiety About the Election
To James A. Bayard, January 16, 1801 Burr Has “No Fixed Theory”
To Gouverneur Morris, February 29, 1802 “Mine Is an Odd Destiny”
To Benjamin Rush, March 29, 1802 The Death of Philip Hamilton
To James A. Bayard, April 1802 The Christian Constitutional Society
To Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, December 29, 1802 “Refuge of a Disappointed Politician”
To Elizabeth Hamilton, March 17, 1803 “A World Full of Evil”
To Timothy Pickering, September 16, 1803 Explaining a Plan of Government
THE DUEL, 1804
From Aaron Burr, June 18, 1804 Origins of a Dispute
To Aaron Burr, June 20, 1804 Declining to Avow or Disavow
From Aaron Burr, June 21, 1804 New Reasons for a Definite Reply
To Aaron Burr, June 22, 1804 “Expressions Indecorous and Improper”
From Aaron Burr, June 22, 1804 “The Course I Am About to Pursue”
Response to a Letter from William P. Van Ness, June 28, 1804
Statement Regarding Financial Situation, July 1, 1804
To Elizabeth Hamilton, July 4, 1804 “Fly to the Bosom of Your God”
Statement Regarding the Duel with Burr, c. July 10, 1804
To Theodore Sedgwick, July 10, 1804 “Our Real Disease; Which Is Democracy”
To Elizabeth Hamilton, July 10, 1804 An Obligation Owed
Joint Statement by William P. Van Ness and Nathaniel Pendleton, July 17, 1804
Statement by Nathaniel Pendleton, July 19, 1804
Statement by William P. Van Ness, July 21, 1804
Chronology
Note on the Texts
Notes
Index
About the Editor
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