1Memorandums to Henry Remsen, Jr., 31 August 1790 [document added to digital edition] (Jefferson Papers)
TJ to Alexander Hamilton, 30 Aug. 1790
2From Alexander Hamilton to James Taylor and Abishai Thomas, 30 June 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Alexander Hamilton
3John 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...
4Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 March 1793 (Adams Papers)
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757–1854) of Albany, N.Y., had married Alexander Hamilton in 1780 (Oliver Wolcott (1760–1833), Yale 1778, served as comptroller of the U.S. treasury and succeeded Alexander Hamilton as
5John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 July 1794 (Adams Papers)
On 11 July Alexander Hamilton wrote to George Washington asking to be excused from Philadelphia “to make an excursion into the country for a few days to try the effect of exercise & change of air” on his son, John Church Hamilton (b... . 1792). Alexander Hamilton had planned to return within a week but was detained at New York and did not arrive back in Philadelphia until 30 July (
6Charles Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 December 1794 (Adams Papers)
That is, Gen. Philip Schuyler, Alexander Hamilton’s father-in-law.
7From George Washington to Abigail Adams, 24 November 1789 (Washington Papers)
[Alexander] Hamilton & Lady Mrs. [Catherine] Green—all of whom accepted and came except Mrs. Butler who was indisposed” (
8Cotton Tufts to Abigail Adams, 23 February 1791 (Adams Papers)
A 14 Dec. 1790 report of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton recommending the establishment of a national bank was referred to a Senate committee and resulted in the 3 Jan. 1791 Bank Act. That act was amended several times in the Senate, most significantly on 14 Jan. when its...
9John 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
10John 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. (