1To George Washington from James Abercrombie, 20 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
Alexander Hamilton had enclosed the recommendations, which have not been identified,
in his
2To Alexander Hamilton from James Taylor and Abishai Thomas, [28 June 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
On the 18th. Instant Mr. Thomas had the Honor to address you on the Subject of the pensions paid to invalids by the state of N. Carolina, since which we have found that payments made by that State to Widows & orphans of deceased officers are in the same predicament. We therefore respectfully request that with your answer to Mr. Thomas’s letter you will favour us with your sentiments on the...
3To Alexander Hamilton from James Taylor and Abishai Thomas, [27 June 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
As there are sundry Credits to the State of N. Carolina existing on the books of the Treasury of the U.S. The vouchers of which the undersigned Agents of said State are not in possession of whereon to Support the claims of said State for such credits, We take the liberty to solicit that you will be so good as to direct the proper Officer to furnish us on or before the 30th instant with an...
4Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 25 May 1796 (Adams Papers)
, Boston, 1902, p. 178; Alexander Hamilton, The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton: Documents and Commentary
5Abigail Adams to Cotton Tufts, 18 April 1790 (Adams Papers)
. Now an enthusiastic supporter of Alexander Hamilton’s plan, Gerry had recently delivered a long speech in support of the assumption of state debts that was published in the
6Abigail Adams to John Adams, 2 February 1794 (Adams Papers)
For William Branch Giles and his resolutions in opposition to Alexander Hamilton’s funding plans, see vol.
7Abigail Adams to Ruth Hooper Dalton, [ca. 24 September 1796] (Adams Papers)
...address was a composite, adapted and reworked by Washington from an earlier version composed at the close of his first term by James Madison and then emended and redrafted by Alexander Hamilton in 1796. The president used the address not only to announce his retirement but also to defend his administration and to articulate his vision for the future of the nation. He reaffirmed the need for...
8Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 9 August 1789 (Adams Papers)
studied law with Alexander Hamilton from July to September, at which time Hamilton was appointed secretary of the treasury.
9Abigail Adams to John Adams, 10 May 1794 (Adams Papers)
refers to Alexander Hamilton.
10Abigail Adams to Cotton Tufts, 17 January 1790 (Adams Papers)
Alexander Hamilton presented his “Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Public Credit” to the House of Representatives on 14 January. The House ordered that 300 copies of the document be printed and resolved to open debate on...
11Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 20 February 1790 (Adams Papers)
Part of the ongoing debate in the House of Representatives regarding Alexander Hamilton’s report on the public credit, James Madison’s discrimination amendment would have made a distinction, when debt certificates were repaid, between the original holders of government securities and the people who subsequently purchased them at a depreciated...
12Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 23 January 1796 (Adams Papers)
Alexander Hamilton’s
13Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 20 April 1792 (Adams Papers)
During the House debate over the public debt and Alexander Hamilton’s funding program on 30 March, several members gave lengthy speeches opposing the plan, including John Francis Mercer of Maryland, Abraham Baldwin of Georgia, Jeremiah Smith of New Hampshire, and William Findley of Pennsylvania. All were later...
14Abigail Adams to John Adams, 9 February 1793 (Adams Papers)
...Aug. 1793. The wide-ranging pieces cover various topics, including trade and commerce, taxation, public credit, the Indian War, economic relations with Europe, and the establishment of a national bank. The author attacks Alexander Hamilton as a “superficial financier” (15 Nov. 1792) and disputes the efficacy of many of his policies, especially his support of national and branch banks over...
15Charles Adams to John Adams, 18 April 1796 (Adams Papers)
...… which will enable us to defy the enmity of foreign powers, without those immense sacrifices which war in our present situation, must inevitably produce.” In a 24 April letter to Rufus King, Alexander Hamilton noted that the address “went yesterday by express. It had more than 3200 signers. … Nothing can more clearly demonstrate our unanimity & I feel no doubt of equal or greater unanimity...
16Charles Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 December 1794 (Adams Papers)
That is, Gen. Philip Schuyler, Alexander Hamilton’s father-in-law.
17Charles Adams to John Quincy Adams, 29 July 1793 (Adams Papers)
, 24, 25 July. Alexander Hamilton was indeed the author; see
18Charles Adams to John Adams, 5 March 1794 (Adams Papers)
Chancellor Robert R. Livingston had been a staunch supporter of the Constitution during New York State’s ratifying convention and was disappointed not to receive a federal appointment in the first Washington administration. Livingston was particularly strongly opposed to Alexander Hamilton’s financial policies and became an active Republican (
19Charles Adams to John Adams, 26 December 1792 (Adams Papers)
John W. Mulligan (1774–1862), Columbia 1791, studied law with Alexander Hamilton. Like
20Charles Adams to John Quincy Adams, 6 January 1796 (Adams Papers)
, 16 Dec. 1795, for instance, reported that Camillus—generally believed to be Alexander Hamilton—had openly stated in court “
21Charles Adams to John Adams, 31 January 1793 (Adams Papers)
Democratic-Republican leaders in Congress, suspicious of Alexander Hamilton’s handling of the proceeds of two loans authorized in 1790, approved on 23 Jan. 1793 a series of resolutions—known as the Giles Resolutions, for William Branch Giles of Virginia, who proposed them—demanding a full accounting...
22Charles Adams to John Quincy Adams, 26 December 1790 (Adams Papers)
...the federal debt over a long period of time on the theory that a slowly diminishing debt would establish public credit and motivate the states to remain unified. Congress referred the report to Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, whose more aggressive plan was adopted by Congress instead. On 23 Dec. 1790 Congress passed a resolution refusing to reconsider the issues raised in...
23From John Adams to Alexander Hamilton, 9 April 1791 (Adams Papers)
I have received the Letter you did me the honor to write me this morning and as the Secretary of State accidentally fell in before I had opportunity to answer it, we agreed to propose a meeting at his House at two o’Clock on Monday next. If that time and place are agreable to you, and the Secretary at War, they will be particularly so to me, who have the honor to be with great regard, Sir your...
24To Alexander Hamilton from John Adams, [4 August 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Quincy, Massachusetts, August 4, 1792. On August 16, 1792, Hamilton wrote to Adams : “I have been duly favoured with your letter of the 4th Instant.” Letter not found. ]
25To Alexander Hamilton from John Adams, 9 April 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received the Letter you did me the honor to write me this morning and as the Secretary of State accidentally fell in before I had opportunity to answer it, we agreed to propose a meeting at his House at two o’Clock on Monday next. If that time and place are agreeable to you, and the Secretary at War, they will be particularly so to me who have the honor to be with great regard, Sir your...
26From John Adams to Alexander Hamilton, 21 July 1789 (Adams Papers)
:Alexander Hamilton Papers); internal address: “Col Hamilton.”; endorsed: “21 July 1789 / John Adams”; notation: “COPIED.”
27To Alexander Hamilton from John Adams, 25 April 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Alexander Hamilton
28From John Adams to Alexander Hamilton, 25 April 1791 (Adams Papers)
I do my self the honour to transmit to you my Accounts which remain unsettled, for the last two years and Eight months of my Administrations abroad in the service of the United States. I have left a Blank for my Salary. In my own opinion it is but Justice that it should be filled up with the sum of two thousand five hundred Pounds sterling a year, because this was the contract under which I...
29To Alexander Hamilton from John Adams, [21 July 1789] (Hamilton Papers)
Mr Charles Adams, my second son, the Bearer of this Letter, I beg leave to introduce to you. He took his degree at our University of Cambridge this year, and is destined to the Study of the Law. I wish to get him into some office in New York, and should give the Preference to yours. But there are two Contingencies, one possible the other probable in the way. The first is that Congress may...
30John Adams to Abigail Adams, 27 February 1796 (Adams Papers)
...challenged the legality of what became known as the Carriage Tax Law, a tax on carriages enacted in 1794 and designed to raise revenue to pay for defense. Alexander Hamilton was not directly connected to the proposal of this tax in Congress, though he likely had been consulted about it. The dispute centered on whether the tax was a direct or indirect one and thus its constitutionality...
31From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 9 June 1789 (Adams Papers)
On 25 Jan. Alexander Hamilton wrote to James Wilson outlining a plan to encourage presidential electors to cast votes meant for Chernow, Alexander Hamilton
32Fryday. Nov. 11. 1791. (Adams Papers)
had contributed his “Discourses on Davila,” April 1790-April 1791. At the same time that Freneau attacked Administration measures and especially Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, he held a small post as clerk for foreign languages in the State Department, presided over by Thomas Jefferson. See
33[November 1791] (Adams Papers)
had contributed his “Discourses on Davila,” April 1790-April 1791. At the same time that Freneau attacked Administration measures and especially Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, he held a small post as clerk for foreign languages in the State Department, presided over by Thomas Jefferson. See
34John Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 10 March 1792 (Adams Papers)
..., although still chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, agreed to stand as a Federalist candidate for governor against Gov. George Clinton in 1792. Alexander Hamilton, who led the Federalists in New York State, recruited Jay as the only person who might have a chance to defeat Clinton. The contest generated considerable comment in the newspapers, including speculation on Jay’s reasons...
35John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 9 February 1790 (Adams Papers)
...not found. Thomas Fitzsimmons (1741–1811), congressman from Pennsylvania, introduced on 8 Feb. a set of eight resolutions summarizing the central points of Alexander Hamilton’s report on the public credit. Following a similar motion by William Loughton Smith, Fitzsimmons successfully argued that debating the report in the form of resolutions was the most expedient way to discuss its content...
36From John Adams to John Laurance, 19 September 1789 (Adams Papers)
Once Alexander Hamilton assumed his new duties as first secretary of the U.S. Treasury,
37July 27. 1796 Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
had been graduated at Harvard in 1789. He then went to New York to live with his parents and was placed in Alexander Hamilton’s law office; but when Hamilton was appointed secretary of the treasury later that year
38To Thomas Jefferson from John Adams, 5 February 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
: following the resignations of Henry Knox and Alexander Hamilton, the Senate had confirmed President Washington’s nominations of Timothy Pickering,
39John Adams to Abigail Adams, 15 January 1796 (Adams Papers)
, 15 Jan., likening George Washington to the king in a chess match, with Alexander Hamilton as his queen, and promising to break their monarchical rule: “Then let us in Chorus undauntedly sing, / With our pawns we will certainly check-mate your king.” The
401789 Septr. 16. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
, 2:97). The members of the Committee of Style, appointed 8 Sept., were William Samuel Johnson, Alexander Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, and Rufus King (
41John Adams to John Jay, 21 March 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
A note, signed by Charles Francis Adams, which appears at the top of the draft, reads as follows: “This is an Autograph of Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury—A copy of a letter written by him to John Jay, Chief Justice of the United States, as a Trustee of the Sinking fund, furnished to John Adams, as Vice president and likewise...
42John Adams to Charles Adams, 9 February 1796 (Adams Papers)
Upon resigning his position in the Treasury Department, Alexander Hamilton returned to his legal practice in New York City. He was hardly, however, “growing rich by his Profession.” He was routinely in debt and often had to rely on his father-in-law for financial assistance....
43John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 25 August 1795 (Adams Papers)
By far the longest response to opponents of the Jay Treaty was Camillus’ “Defence,” generally believed to be written by Alexander Hamilton or possibly by Hamilton in collaboration with Rufus King; see
44From John Adams to John Trumbull, 25 April 1790 (Adams Papers)
wrote “H——n” and “W——b” to indicate Alexander Hamilton and Samuel Blachley Webb.
45John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 December 1794 (Adams Papers)
Henry Knox resigned as secretary of war on 28 Dec.; Timothy Pickering took over the position on 2 Jan. 1795. Alexander Hamilton, who resigned as secretary of the treasury on 31 Jan., was replaced by Oliver Wolcott on 2 Feb. (
46John Adams to Charles Adams, 16 December 1794 (Adams Papers)
That is, because John Jay was married to Sarah Livingston while Alexander Hamilton’s wife was the former Elizabeth Schuyler.
47John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 December 1796 (Adams Papers)
Letters from Alexander Hamilton to Stephen Higginson or George Cabot have not been located, but one to the former was likely dated 28 Nov. and apparently encouraged Higginson to support Thomas Pinckney over
48John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 January 1796 (Adams Papers)
In a late October 1795 letter to Alexander Hamilton, George Washington largely reiterated
49The Board of the Sinking Fund to Congress, 21 December 1790 (Adams Papers)
Following the Funding Act of 4 Aug., Congress moved quickly to draft and pass the remaining economic legislation needed to secure Alexander Hamilton’s grand plan for U.S. financial stability. Both houses of Congress resolved on 9 Aug. to establish a sinking fund from the surplus in the U.S. Treasury. Three days later, George Washington signed the Sinking...
50Report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, 25 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Alexander Hamilton,