1From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 22 January 1797 (Madison Papers)
on 19 Jan. 1797 that JM was to be appointed envoy extraordinary to France, and a few days later Alexander Hamilton made the same suggestion to Washington. In notes dated 2 Mar. 1797, Jefferson recorded a meeting with president-elect John Adams about the possibility of JM’s accepting a mission to France, but JM refused to consider it...
2To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 5 December 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
The contention that Alexander Hamilton
3To Thomas Jefferson from George Washington, 6 July 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
was Alexander Hamilton, but TJ was very likely describing Henry Lee (see
4To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 22 May 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
17 May 1796, was presumably that referred to in Gouverneur Morris to Alexander Hamilton, 4 Mch. 1796, but dated 15 Feb. rather than 14 Feb. 1796 (
5To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 4 April 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
: in No. 38, the last of the essays defending Jay’s Treaty signed “Camillus,” Alexander Hamilton argued that although the records of the debates of the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia were secret, all delegates understood that the Constitution conferred exclusive treaty-making power on the president and the Senate, a position that he argued was...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Rush, 1 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
: Alexander Hamilton, who on 25 Feb. 1796 argued in the government’s behalf in Hylton v. U.S. (see
7To Thomas Jefferson from William Branch Giles, 9 December 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
, 386–93). Washington followed closely a draft by Alexander Hamilton and inserted a paragraph on the Whiskey Rebellion written by John Jay and revised by Hamilton (
8To Thomas Jefferson from Grand & Cie., 11 September 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
..., to which discount bank notes remitted to the firm by TJ in August 1789 had been converted by successive arrêts and decrees, representing a balance that, despite the firm’s entreaties to TJ and Alexander Hamilton for instructions, remains at the disposal of the United States in the hands of the firm formerly known as Grand & Cie., as ascertained by accounts by the firm, particularly that...
9To 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,
10To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 26 January 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
: Alexander Hamilton’s Report on a Plan for the Further Support of Public Credit, 16 Jan. 1795, proposed a variety of measures for the systematic reduction of the national debt (