1From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 22 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
of giving this course to the business. When we are demanding compensation for our captured vessels & goods it is the simplest thing in the world to stipulate compensation for those of great Britain, which we acknowlege to have been unlawfully made within our territory or by the use of our means. It is also with me a material consideration that the coupling this with...
2To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 26 October 1795 (Washington Papers)
...the passage in GW’s First Inaugural Address where he asked that his compensation as president “be limited to such actual expenditures as the public good may be thought to require,” Observer concluded with a question: “Will not the world be led to conclude that the mask of political hypocricy has been alike worn by a
3To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 24 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
of giving this course to the business. When we are demanding compensation for our captured vessels & goods it is the simplest thing in the world to stipulate compensation for those of great Britain, which we acknowlege to have been unlawfully made within our territory or by the use of our means.
4From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [4 November 1796] (Hamilton Papers)
. We must if possible avoid rupture with France—who if not effectually checked will in the insolence of power become no less troublesome to us than to the rest of the world.
5From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [2 May 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
yet it is not justifiable in any government or Nation to hold out to the world a ...extension of territory and dominion, and in a manner altogether subversive of the laws & usages of Nations, and tending to the aggrandisement of France, to a degree, dangerous to the Independence & safety of every Country in the world.
6To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 9 September 1792 (Washington Papers)
...no danger to the Government, from the machinations which were going on, I resolved to be a silent sufferer of the injuries which were done me—I determined to avoid giving occasion to any thing which could manifest to the world dissentions among the principal characters of the government; a thing which can never happen without weakening its hands, and in some degree throwing a stigma upon it.
7To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 20 May 1796 (Washington Papers)
...should have suffered than good we could have done to France—by taking an active part with her—the probability that she would derive more advantage from our neutrality than from our direct aid—the promptitude with which, while all the world was combined against her, we recognised the new order of things and the continuance of our Treaties & before any other power had done so
8To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 8 July 1790 (Washington Papers)
...with Great Britain to the Mutual advantage of both Countries; I am persuaded it can make none on the part of Great Britain. . . . The rights asserted by Spain being to the exclusion of all the world, as well the United States, as all the European Powers, I think the interests of the United States, in case of a War, may be more effectually served by a junction with Great Britain, than...
9To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 4 November 1796 (Washington Papers)
We must if possible avoid rupture with France—who if not effectually checked will in the insolence of power become no less troublesome to us than to the rest of the world.
10From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 9 September 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
...no danger to the Government, from the machinations which were going on, I resolved to be a silent sufferer of the injuries which were done me. I determined to avoid giving occasion to any thing which could manifest to the world dissentions among the principal characters of the government; a thing which can never happen without weakening its hands, and in some degree throwing a stigma upon it.