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 “