American Historical Association, Annual Reports, 1912, ‘The Enforcement of the Alien and Sedition Laws,’ by Frank M. Anderson; 1896-97, ‘Letters of Phineas Bond.’
The Nation, July 18, 1912, ‘Extracts from Diary of Moreau de St. Mery’; September 5, 1895, ‘The Authorship of the Giles Resolutions,’ by Paul L. Ford.
INDEX
Adams, Abigail, New York house at Richmond Hill, [16];
on removal of capital to Philadelphia, [116];
on Philadelphia, [125];
and Mrs. Bingham, [128], [129].
Adams, Abijah, bookkeeper for editor of Independent Chronicle, imprisoned for libel, [394], [395].
Adams, John, begins ‘reign’ as Vice-President, [3];
troubled as to proper titles for the President and Vice-President, [3];
on reception of President in Senate, [3];
what is the Vice-President when the President is in Senate?, [3];
writer of ‘Discourses of Davilla,’ published in Fenno’s Gazette, [17];
on Hamilton, [37];
Jeffersonians attempt to defeat for Vice-Presidency in 1792, [181];
elected, but by small margin, [183];
candidate for Presidency, in 1796, [310];
suspects trickery, [312];
retains Washington’s Cabinet, [314];
sketch of, at time of entering on Presidency, [316-26];
Maclay on, [317];
his vanity, [318];
jealousy of Washington, [319];
difficult in conference, [320];
not in sympathy with democracy, [322];
his love of country, [323];
moral courage, [325], [326];
war with France threatened, [339];
sends special mission to France, [345];
reports failure of envoys to France, and recommends Congress to authorize warlike measures, [363];
is ignorant that Hamilton through McHenry is dictating policy, [363];
action on publication of X Y Z papers commended, [366];
pulls down the pillars, [412];
is troubled about French situation, [412];
offers command of army to Washington, [412], [413];
conspiracy in Cabinet in favor of Hamilton, [412], [413];
nominates Hamilton, Pinckney, and Knox as major-generals, [413];
Federalist conspirators bombard him with suggestions that Hamilton should be second in command, [414];
war plans all in Hamilton’s hands, [418-28];
is ignorant of much going on, [426];
considers sending new mission to France, [428];
submits questions to Cabinet, for new negotiations with France or a declaration of war, [429];
Cabinet conspirators with Hamilton write war Message, [429];
A. rewrites Message, [429], [430];
is conscious of Cabinet conspiracy, [430];
appoints Minister to France, [430];
contest with Senate over confirmation, [430], [431];
agrees to compromise, [432], [433];
confounds his Cabinet conspirators, [436-38];
depressed by Federalist defeat in New York elections in 1800, [455], [456];
suspects Hamilton, [456];
dismisses McHenry and Pickering from Cabinet, [456], [457];
defeated for Presidency, [486];
relations with Jefferson, on quitting office, [489], [490].
Adams, John Quincy, on speculation by Congressmen, [47];
on Madison, [57].
Adams, Samuel, defeated for Representative to First Congress by Fisher Ames, [1];
looked to by Jefferson for aid in forming opposition party in Massachusetts, [144];
chosen by Jefferson as lieutenant, [144];
presides at meeting in Boston on Jay Treaty, [278].
Adams, Thomas, editor Boston Independent Chronicle, [152];
prosecuted under Sedition Law, [393-94].
Adet, ——, Minister to United States, from French Republic, credited with efforts to influence election in 1796, [311].
Alien Bill, aimed at Irish immigrants, [374];
French residents frightened and sail for France, [376];
passed by close vote, [379].
Allen, John, Representative from Connecticut, [379].
American Minerva, on party feeling, [232].
Ames, Fisher, Representative from Massachusetts, elected over Samuel Adams, [1];
cynical over prospect of improvement in form of government over old Confederation, [1];
not impressed by his fellow Congressmen, [1];
on cost of Federal Hall, [2];
on titles, [6];
Hamilton’s defender in House, [47];
on Madison, [51], [52];
disgusted with contest for site of permanent capital, [65];
on proposed amendment to Excise Bill, [73];
defends doctrine of ‘implied powers,’ [76];
elected director of Bank of United States, [90];
on Giles’s resolutions attacking Treasury management, [201], [203];
on yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, [237];
on Madison commerce resolutions, [240], [241];
sketch of, [302-04];
makes strong plea in House for appropriations to carry out Jay Treaty, [305], [306].
An Examination of the Late Proceedings of Congress Respecting the Official Conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury, pamphlet published in Philadelphia, [205];
authorship attributed to John Taylor of Caroline, [206].
Assumption, favored by North, where most of State indebtedness was unpaid, [59];
opposed by Virginia, whose debt was largely paid, [59];
defended by Madison, [61];
lobbying for passage of bill, [61];
uneasiness of friends of, [61], [62];
Hamiltonian press comments, [63];
adopted after Hamilton’s bargain with Jefferson, [65], [68].
Aurora, The, on the Jay Treaty, [273], [274], [276], [277], [280], [286];
on Hamilton’s Reynolds pamphlet, [355], [356].
Austin, Ben, rope-maker, Jeffersonian organizer in Massachusetts, [144].
Bache, Benjamin F., editor Pennsylvania Daily Advertiser, [152].
Bank of the United States, Hamilton’s Report on, [74];
bill for establishing, [75], [76];
debate on bill in Congress, [75], [76];
constitutionality questioned, [76];
fears of veto, [77];
much speculation in stock, [87], [88];
members of Congress involved, [89];
charges of ‘corrupt squadron,’ [89];
election of directors, [90];
public indignation, [90];
bill introduced to reimburse for loan to Government, [190].
Bard, Dr. John, fashionable physician, [15].
Barnwell, Robert, Representative from South Carolina, on Giles’s resolutions attacking Treasury management, [203].
Beckwith, ——, British Agent at Philadelphia, cultivates Madison, [80];
Jefferson on, [80];
protests Jefferson’s commendation of Paine’s Rights of Man, [83].
Biddle, Charles, resolutions of welcome to Genêt prepared at home of, [219];
leads parade in honor of Genêt, [220].
Bingham, Marie, daughter of Mrs. William Bingham, [130].
Bingham, William, elected director of Bank of United States, [90].
Bingham, Mrs. William, social leader in Philadelphia, [127], [128];
one of her fashionable gatherings described, [131-35].
Bishop, Abraham, Jeffersonian organizer in Connecticut, [145].
Black Friars, New York City club, [10].
Bloodworth, Timothy, on Excise Bill, [72];
lieutenant for Jefferson in North Carolina, [150].
Bond, Phineas, British Consul in Philadelphia, [244].
Boudinot, Elias, speculator in public securities, [62], [170];
on Giles’s resolutions attacking Treasury management, [201].
Bowen’s Wax Works, Philadelphia, [138].
Bradford, William, classmate of Madison at Princeton, [157].
Breckel, Van, Dutch Minister to United States, entertains lavishly, [13].
Breckenridge, John, of Kentucky, in conference with Jefferson on Alien and Sedition Laws, [407];
author of the Kentucky Resolutions, [408];
sketch of, [408], [409].
Brown, John, Jeffersonian leader in Kentucky, [180].
Burk, John D., editor of New York Time Piece, arrested for sedition, [405].
Burke, Ædanus, Representative from South Carolina, makes vicious attack on Hamilton and his financial measures, [62].
Burke, Edmund, and the French Revolution, [82].
Burr, Aaron, on wines in Philadelphia, [126], [147];
Jefferson moves to attach him to his party, [147];
fellow student of Madison at Princeton, [157];
possible candidacy of, for Vice-President in 1792, [181];
leader of Jeffersonians in New York election of 1800, [448];
sketch of, contrasted with Hamilton, [449];
combines forces with Society of Tammany, [451];
his campaign methods, [452-54];
urged for the Vice-Presidency in 1800, [455];
secures copy of Hamilton’s pamphlet attacking Adams, publishes it in The Aurora, [478].
Butler, Pierce, Senator from South Carolina, [9];
a ‘democrat’ whose associates were aristocrats, [134];
votes against ratification of Jay Treaty, [280].
Cabot, George, sees irrevocable ruin of country, [63];
pained at attitude of Madison, [63];
candid friend and supporter of Hamilton, [63];
elected director of Bank of United States, [90];
on meeting in Boston on Jay Treaty, [278];
on Washington’s hesitation in signing Jay Treaty, [285].
Callender, James Thomas, author of pamphlet, The Prospect Before Us, indicted and convicted under Sedition Law, [400-02];
defended by William Wirt, [401].
Capital of the Nation, battle on permanent site for, [64], [65];
bargaining to trade votes on Assumption, [65];
bargain between Hamilton and Jefferson on location of, [65], [67];
Hamilton indifferent as to location, [65];
Virginians and Marylanders want it at Georgetown, [65];
Jefferson’s part in bargain, [66].
Carrington, Edward, letter from Hamilton to, in 1792 campaign, [180].
Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton, Senator from Maryland, on titles, [5];
elected director of Bank of United States, [90];
mentioned for Vice-President in 1792, [181].
Certificates of indebtedness, issued to soldiers of Revolution, in lieu of cash, bought up by speculators, [44], [45];
Hamilton’s plans for redemption by funding scheme known in advance to members of Congress and friends, [46].
Charleston City Gazette, on the Jay Treaty, [281].
Chase, Samuel, Judge, and Mrs. William Bingham, [131];
presiding justice in Alien and Sedition trials, [398], [400-02].
Chateaubriand, Viscount de, on Philadelphia, [123], [125].
Chestnut Street Theater, Philadelphia, [137], [185].
Church, Mrs. Angelica, sister-in-law of Hamilton, [12];
letters on Hamilton, [39].
Cincinnati, Society of the, [48].
City Tavern, Philadelphia, [119].
Clinton, George, newspaper attack on Hamilton’s funding plans ascribed to, [50];
Jeffersonian leader in New York, [147];
in bitter fight with John Jay for governorship of New York in 1792, [178];
urged to become candidate for Vice-President in 1792, [181];
receives votes of four States, though not an avowed candidate, [183];
Jeffersonian candidate for Governor in New York election of 1800, [452].
Clymer, George, Representative from Pennsylvania, on Assumption, [58], [62];
dinner party at house of, described, [126], [127].
Cobbett, William, author of reply to Priestley’s addresses, [259];
proprietor of Porcupine’s Gazette, q.v.
Columbian Centinel, on Funding Bill, [57];
letters to, on Madison and the Funding Bill, [57];
‘Publicola’ (John Quincy Adams) attacks Jefferson, Paine, and democracy, [84];
on Jeffersonians, [152];
on Freneau’s attacks on Hamilton, [164];
on speculative craze, [176], [178];
on Indian expedition of St. Clair, [175];
on Hamilton’s vindication of official conduct of Treasury, [199];
on French Revolution, [207], [211];
on relations with England, [220];
on the Jay Treaty, [278];
on prospects of war with France, [366];
war propaganda, [370], [371].
Congress, meets in New York City, [1];
Washington and Adams declared elected, [2];
ceremonial forms and titles excite much discussion, [3-6];
first tariff measure in, [19];
executive departments established, [19], [20];
jealousy of executive, [20];
Hamilton’s Report on Public Credit debated, [44] ff.;
debate on Funding Bill, [48] ff.;
scandal over speculation by members in certificates, Bank stock, and scrip, [89];
‘corrupt squadron,’ [89];
bill to pay loan from Bank of United States hotly debated, [190-92];
Giles’s resolutions condemning Hamilton, debates on, [199-203];
resolutions defeated, [203];
Madison’s resolutions on Jefferson’s Report on Commerce, [240];
Non-Intercourse Act, as reply to England’s high-handed seizure of American vessels, [244];
debates in Senate on Jay Treaty, [272];
debate in House over right to have papers as to treaty, [298];
Alien Bill, debates on, [374-79];
Sedition Bill, debates on, [378], [380].
Connecticut Gazette, on French Revolution, [211], [212];
on Genêt, [219].
Cooper, Dr. Thomas, scientist and physician, indicted under Sedition Act, [398];
convicted and imprisoned, [399];
refuses to ask for pardon, [399].
Coxe, Tench, Assistant Secretary of Treasury under Hamilton, and location of capital, [65].
Croswell, Joseph, poem by, on French Revolution, [208].
Dallas, Alexander James, one of Jefferson’s leaders in Pennsylvania, [148];
aids in preparations for reception of Genêt, [219];
efforts of, in case of brig Little Sarah, [227], [228];
defends Duane in prosecution under Alien Law, [396], [397].
Davie, William R., on opposition to Jay Treaty, [281].
Dayton, Jonathan, [148];
scandal over retention of public funds, [466].
Democratic Party. See Jeffersonians.
Democratic Clubs, organized, [222], [223];
Federalists insist they must be abolished, [260];
condemned by Washington in Message, [261].
Democratic Societies. See Democratic Clubs.
De Moustier, French Minister to United States, Jefferson on, [108].
Dodd, William E., quoted on Jefferson, [96].
Duane, William, editor of The Aurora, arrested and prosecuted under the Alien Act, [396], [397];
is acquitted, [397];
indicted for sedition, [397];
assaulted and beaten by soldiers, [420];
prosecuted under Sedition Law, [442].
Duer, William, financial failure of, in 1792 starts panic, [176], [177];
threatens damaging revelations from debtors’ prison, [187].
Dunlap, William, historian of American theater, [10].
Dwight, Timothy, on newspapers, [156].
Ellsworth, Oliver, Senator from Connecticut, on titles, [4];
and the Assumption Bill, [62];
on French Revolution, [209];
efforts of, to induce Washington to send Hamilton on special mission to England, [247];
on Washington’s delay in signing Jay Treaty, [285].
Emmet, Thomas Addis, Irish refugee (brother of Robert Emmet), of the New York Bar, [375].
Everleigh, Nicholas, appointed Comptroller of the Treasury, [21].
Excise Bill, warm debate on, in Congress, [71], [73];
amendment proposed to prohibit revenue officers interfering in elections, [73];
debate on duration of tax, [73].
Fairfax estate, Virginia, litigation over, [281].
Federal Gazette, Freneau in, opposes Bank Bill, [78].
Federalists, policy to capitalize politically
popularity of Washington, [41];
from beginning under domination of Hamilton, [140];
favored by commercial, intellectual, and professional classes, [140];
leaders men of strength in most of the States, [140], [141];
opposition to, inevitable, [144];
denounce Democrats as conspirators, [151];
attack Jeffersonian newspapers in Federalist organs, [203], [204];
sympathies with royalists in French Revolution, [207], [208];
enforce policy of neutrality in French Revolution wars, [216];
force recall of Genêt, [231];
avert war with England and send Jay to negotiate treaty, [247];
leaders induce attacks on ‘Democratic Societies,’ [261];
defend Jay Treaty, but with wry faces, [285-88];
refuse to confirm nomination of Rutledge as Chief Justice, [289];
pass Alien and Sedition Acts, [375-80];
efforts of leaders to force war with France, [412-28];
mean war to be a Federalist war, [412];
Hamilton is to conduct war with no interference from Adams, [412];
secure appointment of Hamilton as second in command, [415];
conspire to prevent Jeffersonians from securing commissions in army, [416];
war not popular among the people at large, [418];
raising funds for war purposes difficult, [418];
taxes for war arouse resentment, [419];
recruiting slow, [421];
public refuse to believe there is to be a war, [421], [422];
Logan’s visit to France upsets Federalist war plans, [423], [424];
the war hawks disappointed, [425], [426];
Federalists determined on war, [426], [427];
Cabinet conspirators write war Message for Adams, [429];
scheme to override Adams, [430];
caucus, [430];
friends of Adams’s policy in majority, [430];
losing ground politically in 1799, [440];
plan for changing method of counting electoral votes in Presidential election, [441], [442];
bill passes Senate, but fails in the House, [442], [443];
spring elections of 1800 show tide running against them, [448], [451-55];
under Hamilton’s influence leaders plan to defeat Adams for Presidency, [455-58];
hints at secession from Federalist leaders in case of Jefferson’s election, [468], [470];
party split hopelessly on publication of Hamilton’s attack on Adams, [481], [482];
defeated in election, leaders conspire to have electors vote for Burr, [491];
Hamilton opposed to plan, [491-501];
plan fails, after much balloting, [506].
Fenno, John, protégé of Hamilton, establishes Gazette of the United States, [4];
his paper aspires to be the ‘court journal,’ [4];
King and Hamilton interested in financing paper, [153], [154];
patronage of government printing, [154];
death of, from yellow fever, [381].
Fenno, John Ward, son of founder of Fenno’s Gazette, continues publication, [381].
Fitzsimons, Thomas, Representative from Pennsylvania, speculator in certificates, [47];
Hamiltonians meet at lodgings of, [58];
and the Assumption Bill, [62];
Hamilton’s lieutenant in the House, [186];
introduces resolution asking Hamilton to report plan for redemption of part of national debt, [186];
resolution precipitates sharp debate, [186], [187];
on Giles’s resolutions attacking Treasury management, [201].
Florida Tea Garden, New York City, [10].
Ford, Paul Leicester, quoted, on Jefferson, [199].
France, revolution in, effect of, in United States, [207];
asked to recall Genêt, [216];
Adams sends mission to, [345];
envoys unsuccessful, [363];
publication of X Y Z papers, [364], [365];
Adams recommends preparations for war with, [365].
Franchise, in 1789 limited in most of the States, [142];
property qualifications, [142];
Jefferson and, [142].
French Revolution, the, its influence in the United States, [207], [208];
Hamiltonians instinctively hostile to purposes of, [208];
denounced by leading Federalist Senators, [209];
supported by Jefferson, [210];
sympathy for, of the common people, [213];
enthusiasm for the French, [213], [214];
enthusiasm for, heightened by arrival of Genêt, [221], [222];
liberty caps and liberty poles, [222];
Democratic and Jacobin Clubs everywhere, [223];
Federalists alarmed, [223];
clubs denounced as vicious ‘nurseries of sedition,’ [223].
Freneau, Philip, ‘Poet of the Revolution,’ induced by Madison to establish newspaper, [154];
appointed to clerkship in Department of State, [155];
establishes National Gazette, [155];
Jeffersonians aided, [155];
at once assumes leadership, [155];
paper recognized as Jefferson’s organ, [155];
arouses Federalist rage, [156];
influence of paper felt in back country, [156];
classmate of Madison, Lee, Burr, and Brockholst Livingston at Princeton, [157];
rebel by nature, [158];
his career in the Revolutionary War, [158], [159];
Gazette carefully watched by Hamilton, [163];
attacks Hamilton’s policies, [164-68];
attacked anonymously in Fenno’s Gazette, [168];
his dignified reply, [168];
denies any connection of Jefferson with his paper, [169];
renews crusade against Hamilton’s financial policies, [195], [196];
contrast of newspaper with Fenno’s, [163];
criticisms of acts of Administration, [163];
‘Brutus’ article, [164];
‘Sidney’ articles open attacks on Hamilton, [164], [165];
controversy with Fenno, [166], [167];
charges Hamilton with authorship of anonymous articles in Fenno’s Gazette, [169], [170];
‘Patriot’ articles in National Gazette, [195-97];
analyzes votes in Congress vindicating Hamilton’s financial policies, [204];
on Genêt and French Revolution, [218], [219];
begins series of attacks on Washington, [221].
Funding of debt, Hamilton’s scheme for, well received, [44];
protests against, because of speculations in certificates, [45].
Funding Bill, acrimonious debate on, in Congress, before passage, [48] ff.
Gallatin, Albert, Representative in Pennsylvania Legislature, denounces Hamilton’s Excise Bill, [70];
leading Jeffersonian in Pennsylvania, [149];
elected to Senate from Pennsylvania, but not allowed to take seat, on technicality, [289];
elected as Representative, [289];
sketch of, [292-94].
Gates, Horatio, Jeffersonian candidate in New York elections of 1800, [452].
Gazette of the United States, ‘court journal,’ [4], [10];
Adams’s ‘Discourses of Davilla’ published in, [17];
Fenno defends speculation in public securities, [48];
Fenno in, on criticisms of proceedings of Congress, [57];
on Funding Bill, [57];
attacks in, on ‘demagogues,’ [63];
on Bank, [79];
Fenno’s verses on passage of Bank Bill, [79];
probably established with aid of Rufus King, [153];
Hamilton interested in raising money for, [154];
tone pro-English, [154];
received government patronage, [154];
controversy with National Gazette, [166-70];
Fenno engages in controversy with Freneau, [166], [167], [169];
on Hamilton’s defense of official conduct of Treasury, [199];
on Boston Argus, [203];
on French Revolution, [211];
on attacks on Washington, [221];
‘Pacificus’ letters in, by Hamilton, [225], [226];
attacks on Jefferson, [233];
on the Jay Treaty, [282].
Geisse’s Tavern, Philadelphia, [121].
General Advertiser, on defeat of Jay by Clinton in New York election, [178].
Genêt, Edmond Charles, Minister from the French Republic, arrives in Charleston, [124];
enthusiastically received everywhere, [218];
his progress to Philadelphia continuous ovation, [218];
formally welcomed at Philadelphia by people, [219], [220];
cordially received by Jefferson, [220];
cold reception of, by Washington, [220];
impudent conduct of, [224].
Giles, William Branch, Representative from Virginia, in favor of Excise Bill, [71], [72];
opposes Bank Bill, [76];
organizer for Jefferson in Virginia, [149];
opposes bill to repay loan from Bank of United States, [190], [191];
his personal characteristics, [192];
a giant in debate, [194];
selected by Jefferson to lead in attacks on Hamilton’s financial policies, [195], [197];
presents resolutions demanding information from Secretary of the Treasury, [197];
presents resolutions condemning Hamilton’s conduct in management of Treasury, [199-203];
in conference of Jeffersonian leaders, [205];
on Madison commerce resolutions, [241].
Golden Lion, the, Philadelphia tavern, [120].
Goodrich, Chauncey, on adoption of French Revolution titles, [222].
Gove, Christopher, prominent Massachusetts Federalist, [47];
speculates largely in certificates, [47].
Granger, Gideon, Democratic leader in Connecticut, [145].
Gray’s Gardens, on the Schuylkill, [121], [122].
Graydon, Rev. Alexander, on yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, [237].
Greenleaf, Thomas, editor New York Journal, [152].
Grenville, Lord William Wyndham, negotiates treaty with John Jay, [269-71].
Grout, Jonathan, opposes Bank Bill, [76].
Gunn, Georgia Senator, votes for ratification with Jay, [283];
burned in effigy along with Jay, [283].
Hamilton, Alexander, an interested spectator at Washington’s inaugural, [7];
appointed Secretary of the Treasury, [21];
a portrait, [22-42];
his personal appearance, [22];
his birth, illegitimate, [23];
his mother brilliant and high-strung, [23];
his ambition always military, [24];
comes from the West Indies to America, [25];
his genius that of writer and thinker on governmental affairs, rather than as soldier, [25];
his Federalist writings, [26];
master of invective, [26];
a persuasive orator, [26], [27];
refused permission by Congress to present his reports personally, [27];
essentially an aristocrat, [28];
ideal of government ‘the rule of gentlemen,’ supported by a strong military force, [29];
distrusted always a democracy, [29];
held public opinion of no value, [29];
disapproved of the Constitution as adopted, but urged its ratification as better than nothing, [30];
his own plan presented to the Constitutional Convention radically different from that adopted, [30], [31];
his republic to be an aristocratic republic, with the States as States abolished, [31];
took little part in Constitutional Convention, [32];
large factor in making the Convention possible, and in securing ratification of Constitution, [32], [33];
his sense of system, [33];
capable of long-sustained exertion, [33], [34];
a hard fighter, [34];
honesty, [34];
as a party leader, lacking in tact, [35];
never consulted, but directed, [35];
egotistical and vain, [36];
lacking in judgment in handling of men, [36];
unnecessarily offended sensibilities, [36], [37];
lacked sympathy always with the ‘common man,’ [37];
affectionate in his family relations, [38];
with his equals socially delightful companion, [38];
inordinately fond of women and their society, [38], [39];
always of delicate rather than robust health, [39], [40];
not a church member, but a believer in religion, [40];
attitude toward his chief, [41];
obsessed by idea of a strong government, [45];
believed necessary to enlist propertied interest, [45];
indifferent to unpropertied classes, [45];
active in interest of Funding Bill, [49];
bargains with Jefferson on location of new national capital, [66-68];
at high tide of popularity, [69];
considers himself Prime Minister, [69];
offends other Cabinet members, by dictatorial manner, [69];
indifferent to public opinion, [70];
prepares Excise Bill, [70], [71];
takes personal charge of Excise Bill in Senate, [73];
National Bank Bill, [74];
enunciates doctrine of implied powers, [75];
breaks with Jefferson when J. advises Washington Bank Bill is unconstitutional, [78];
Fenno’s Gazette his organ, [154];
Report on Manufactures filed with Congress, [161];
interests capital in developing Passaic Falls, [162];
portrait by Trumbull subscribed for, [162];
attention attracted by Freneau’s Gazette, [163];
believes Jefferson responsible for attacks in paper, [166];
attacks Freneau anonymously, [168];
tries to drive Jefferson from the Cabinet, [169];
in Fenno’s Gazette attacks Jefferson, [172];
denies his own unfriendliness to Constitution, [173];
complains of Jefferson’s interference with Treasury Department, [173];
warns Adams of effort to defeat him in 1792 campaign, [181];
possible candidacy of Aaron Burr for Vice-President maddening, [181];
makes strenuous efforts in Adams’s behalf, [181];
urges Adams in dictatorial terms to his duty, [182];
blackmailing of, by Reynolds, [187];
tells complete story of relations with Reynolds’s wife to deputation from Congress, [188-90];
amazes House by reports, [198];
his official conduct of the Treasury vindicated by Congress, [203];
alarmed at enthusiasm for French Revolution, [214];
urges Washington to return to Philadelphia, [214];
takes matters into his own hands and decides on proper policy of Jefferson’s Department of State, [215];
prepares list of questions for Washington to submit to Cabinet, [215];
his position on the reception to be given Genêt, [215];
writes series of papers for Fenno’s Gazette justifying policy of Neutrality in French Revolution struggle, [225], [226];
is answered by Madison, [226];
aided by Genêt’s conduct, [227];
is stricken with yellow fever, [237], [238];
sees risk of war with England, [245];
is mentioned as special envoy to England, [246];
declines to have his name considered, [247];
goes in person to put down Whiskey Insurrection, [254-56];
plans to crush the Democratic Societies, [256];
is aided by Washington’s attack on Societies, in Annual Message, [262], [264];
prepares to leave Cabinet, [266];
considers his work finished, [266];
opens law office in New York, [268];
plans to direct Federalist Party in Congress by correspondence, [268];
dubs Jay Treaty an ‘execrable thing,’ [271];
is injured in rioting in New York, [276], [277];
consults with leading Federalists on campaign of 1796, [308];
distrusts Adams, [308];
H. and King decide to offer support to Patrick Henry, [308], [309];
H. turns to Thomas Pinckney, [310];
plans to bring in Adams second, [311];
publishes pamphlet on relations with Mrs. Reynolds, [355];
advises Adams through McHenry on French situation, [362];
prepares to play trump card—X Y Z papers—to force war with France, [364];
advises moderation in framing Alien and Sedition Bills, [376], [377];
is nominated Major-General in prospective war with France, [413];
schemes to be made second in command, [414];
directs fight against Adams through his tools in Cabinet, [414];
in correspondence with Miranda, South American adventurer, [427], [428];
opposed by Burr in 1800 New York elections, 448—[55];
contrast between H. and Burr, [449];
plans election of Presidential electors he can control, with view of defeating Adams, [451];
power broken with defeat of Federalists in New York in 1800, [454];
tour of New England in 1800, [459];
schemes against Adams in contest for Presidency, [459-65];
writes pamphlet attacking Adams, not intended for general publication, [477], [478];
effect of pamphlet when published, [479], [480].
Hamilton, Mrs. Alexander, daughter of General Schuyler, [134].
Hamilton, William, and trees in Philadelphia, [117].
Hammond, George, British Minister to United States, [246];
more friendly to Hamilton than to Jefferson, [246].
Hancock, John, Jefferson’s aide in forming new party, [144].
Harper, Robert Goodloe, president of Jacobin Club of Charleston, [223];
Representative from South Carolina, [346];
sketch of, [347];
on the Sedition Bill, [379], [380].
Harrowgate Gardens, Philadelphia, [121].
Hawkins, Benjamin, Senator from North Carolina, in conference with Jeffersonian leaders, [205].
Henry, Patrick, on Assumption, [60];
Hamiltonians offer him support for Presidency, [309];
declines overtures made through John Marshall, [309].
Higginson, Stephen, on Jay Treaty meetings in Boston, [278].
Holt, Charles, editor of New London Bee, convicted of sedition, [403], [404].
Humphreys, William, secretary to Washington, [119].
Hutchinson, Dr. ——, in yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, [237].
Independent Chronicle, letters to, on Funding Bill, [57], [58];
on Funding Bill, [58];
on First Congress, [79];
correspondents to, reply to letters of ‘Publicola,’ [85];
other letters in, defend ‘Publicola’ letters, [85];
on Freneau’s paper the Federal Gazette (National Gazette), [155];
on Indian expedition of St. Clair, [175];
on speculative craze, [176], [177];
on Jay Treaty, [281], [283], [284];
on X Y Z papers, [364].
Indian Queen, Philadelphia tavern, [120].
Iredell, James, Senator from South Carolina, on Genêt, [218].
Izard, Ralph, Senator from South Carolina, on titles, [5];
and the Assumption Bill, [62];
on John Adams, [316].
Jackson, James, Representative from Georgia, later Senator, opposes Hamilton’s financial measures, [45], [49];
on funding of debt, [49], [50];
on Assumption, [60], [61];
on Excise Bill, [71], [72];
opposes Bank Bill, [76];
aids Jefferson in organizing party, [150].
Jackson, William, secretary to Washington, [119].
Jackson, Mrs. William, sister of Mrs. William Bingham, [135].
Jacobin Club, Democratic Club of Charleston, [223].
Jarvis, Dr. Charles, of Massachusetts, Jeffersonian leader, [144];
on French Revolution, [208];
unsuccessful candidate for Congress against Fisher Ames, [257].
Jay, John, considered by Washington for post of Secretary of the Treasury, [21];
defeated for governorship of New York, in 1792, [178];
appointed special Minister to Great Britain, [247], [248];
obnoxious to Jeffersonians, [248];
his experience in diplomacy, [248];
bitter fight in Senate over confirmation, [249];
concludes treaty with Great Britain, [269-71];
is denounced when provisions of treaty are published, [274];
burned in effigy, [274].
Jay Treaty, the, called ‘Grenville Treaty’ by Jeffersonians, [269];
negotiated by John Jay and Lord Grenville, [269-71];
provisions of, [271];
dubbed by Hamilton an ‘execrable thing,’ [271];
debated at length in Senate, [272];
efforts of Senators to prevent publication, [272];
storm of denunciation over its provisions, [273];
rioting in many places, [274-76];
endorsed at instance of Federalists by chambers of commerce, [279];
mob spirit on account of, in Boston, [279];
protests against, from Charleston, [280], [281];
meetings in opposition to, throughout the country, [281-85];
demands for papers and instructions as to, made by House before making appropriations required to carry it out, [298];
papers refused by President, [298].
Jefferson, Thomas, shocked at unrepublican tone of New York society, [12];
bargains with Hamilton to aid in passage of Assumption Bill, [66];
afterward claimed Hamilton had deceived him, [67];
letters of, on Assumption, [67];
letters on Treasury policies, [74];
gives Washington written opinion on constitutionality of Bank Bill, [77];
relations with Hamilton strained, [78];
tour through New England, [79], [81];
writes letter commending Paine’s Rights of Man, which printer uses as preface to pamphlet, with J.’s name and official title, [83];
J. embarrassed, [83];
Adams angry at J.’s supposed reference to him, [84];
J. explains and Adams satisfied, [85];
J. pleased with effect of newspaper turmoil, [85], [86];
position as friend of the ‘man of no importance’ established, [86];
comment on speculative craze, [87];
makes political issue of speculation by Federalist Congressmen, [90];
begins work of organizing an opposition party, [90];
a portrait of the man, [92-113];
personal appearance, [92];
careless in dress, [92];
dignified, but shy, [93];
thought lacking in frankness, [93];
glance shifty, [93];
entertaining talker, [94];
maternal ancestry aristocratic, [94];
father a Western pioneer, [95];
J. a Westerner with Eastern polish, [95];
educated at William and Mary College, [95];
well trained in the law, [96];
influenced by Locke’s writings, [96];
J.’s democracy inherent, [96];
as member of Virginia House of Burgesses, attacks system of land entail and law of primogeniture, [97];
never forgiven by Virginia landed aristocracy, [98];
as U.S. Minister to France, intimate of Lafayette, [98];
popular with all classes, [98];
familiarizes himself with French life in the country, [99];
diplomatic reports illuminating, [99];
comments on French system of government, [99];
not hostile to monarchy, [100];
reports to Jay on rioting in Paris, [100];
intimate of the Girondists, [100];
returns to America before the Terror, [101];
a humanitarian, [101];
opposed to capital punishment save for treason, [101];
a humane master, [102];
hostile to slavery, [102];
wrote the Ordinance of the N.W. Territory, [102];
not an atheist nor hostile to Christian religion, [103];
contributed regularly to support of clergy, [103];
hated by the clergy for forcing separation in Virginia of Church and State, [104];
so-called atheist law, [104];
his view of creation, [104], [105];
not hostile to the Constitution and favored its ratification, [105];
called Convention ‘an assembly, of demigods,’ [105];
first impressions of Constitution unfavorable, [105];
an ardent friend later, [106];
writes Madison praising The Federalist papers, [106];
writes Washington, hoping a Bill of Rights will be added, [106];
his views on, quoted from his Autobiography, [107];
without a peer in the mastery of men, [107];
his understanding of mass psychology, [107];
a voluminous letter writer, [107];
valued the press as engine of democracy, [108];
captivating in personal contacts, [108];
led rather than drove, [108];
original ‘Easy Boss,’ [108];
not an orator, [109];
disliked contentious debates, [109];
had great self-control, [109];
never belittled his enemies, [110];
admired Hamilton’s ability, [110];
estranged from John Adams for years, revived in last years the old friendship, [110];
not an idealist, but an opportunist, [110];
a resourceful politician, [111];
his diversified interests, [112];
loved art in all its forms, [112];
arranged in Paris for statue of Washington by Houdon, [112];
visited by Humboldt, [113];
interested in mechanical and scientific inventions, [113], [114];
the life of the farmer his chief interest, [113];
democratic in sympathies, but lived as an aristocrat, [138];
finds commercial interests, professions, and major portion of press Federalist, [140];
notes resentment of farmers and old Revolutionary soldiers, [141];
notes dissatisfaction with Excise Law, [141];
fears doctrine of implied sovereignty, as undermining sovereignty of States, [141];
problem to reach and arouse masses, [142];
material for opposition party abundant, [142];
J. notes local parties in opposition in every State, [143];
problem to consolidate and broaden local into national issues, [143];
chooses leaders in various States with keen judgment, [143-50];
efforts directed to broaden franchise, [151];
importance of a national newspaper, [152];
sends letter of resignation to Washington, [166];
grows more dissatisfied with policies of Government under Hamilton’s leadership, [168];
is attacked by Hamilton in newspapers, [169];
refuses to be drawn into newspaper controversy with Hamilton, [173];
official associations and social relations, unpleasant, [173];
writes to personal friends with much bitterness of Hamilton’s attacks, [173], [174];
tries to drive Hamilton from Cabinet, and fails, [203];
no match for Hamilton in field of finance, [206];
sees new issue in position of Federalists on French Revolution, [210];
ardent in support of French, [210];
believes American Republic bound up with success of French Revolution, [210];
senses the sympathies of the ‘people of no importance,’ [213];
his position on question of receiving Genêt, [216];
agrees to Proclamation of Neutrality, [216];
urges Madison to reply to Hamilton’s articles on Neutrality, [226];
and the brig Little Sarah, [228];
Genêt’s conduct obnoxious to J., [228];
plans to divorce Jeffersonians from Genêt, [229];
discusses with the President as to Genêt, [230];
prepares letter to American Minister at Paris asking Genêt’s recall, [230];
socially ostracized in Philadelphia, [232-33];
resigns his portfolio as Secretary of State, [233];
his correspondence with both British and French Ministers, impartial, [238];
Report on Commerce, and Algerine piracy, [238], [239];
returns to private life, [239];
plans to force fighting in congressional elections of 1794, [256-58];
lives in retirement at Monticello, but active in political plans, [259];
indifferent as to Presidency contest in 1796, [307];
concerned as to health, [307];
his letter to Philip Mazzei on American politics, [308];
Democrats decide in 1796 on J. as their candidate for President, [308];
J. receives only three votes less than Adams, and hence is chosen Vice-President, [312];
J.’s letter to Mazzei again brought up, [351];
bitterly attacked in Fenno’s Gazette, [352];
toasted on Washington’s Birthday at Harvard College, in satirical vein, [353];
J. silent under slanderous attacks in newspapers, [353];
his social ostracism in Philadelphia continues, [354];
Jefferson plans opposition to Administration policy toward France, [363], [364];
the Sprigg Resolutions, [363], [364];
publication of X Y Z papers, [365], [366];
his party seeks, on his advice, to moderate war feeling, [374];
outraged by passage of Alien and Sedition Laws, [407];
moves for their repeal, [407];
conference at Monticello, [407];
inspires Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, [407], [408];
fears insurrection, [418];
election of, as President in 1800, inevitable, [441];
no rival in his party, [444];
his political genius, [444-48];
elected President, [486];
his meeting with Adams in Washington, [489], [490];
farewell to Senate, [507];
inauguration, [509], [510].
Jeffersonians, party of opposition organized by Jefferson (called ‘Jeffersonians,’ ‘Jacobins,’ ‘Democrats,’ and other names, officially ‘Republicans’), [144-50];
take advantage of divisions among Federalists, [151];
‘Jeffersonian insolence,’ [151];
make gains in the congressional elections, 1792, [180];
strong in Virginia, [180];
five States carried by, in 1792, [183];
gains by, in election of 1794, [312];
sweep West and South in 1796, [312];
embarrassed by publication of X Y Z papers, [364], [365];
aided by excesses of Federalists in pushing prosecutions under Sedition Act, [365-411];
win in New York elections of 1800, [455];
confident in Presidential campaign of 1800, [465-85];
elect Jefferson President, [506].
Johnson, Samuel, of North Carolina, on Assumption Bill, [63];
chosen director of Bank of United States, [90];
on Jay Treaty, [281].
Jones, Willie, North Carolina leader of Jeffersonians, [149].
Jumel, Madame, [39].
Kentucky Resolutions, written and introduced in Legislature by Breckenridge, at suggestion of Jefferson, [408].
King, Rufus, Senator from New York, on Assumption, [60];
Federalist leader in Senate, [60];
and the Assumption Bill, [62];
discouraged at apparent failure of Assumption Bill, [63];
chosen director of Bank of United States, [90];
on French Revolution, [209];
conference of Federalist leaders in Philadelphia lodgings of, [247];
on business in Senate, [298], [299];
on suppression of Irish rebellion, [375];
protests release by British of Irish prisoners, [375].
Kirby, Ephraim, Democratic organizer in Connecticut, [145].
Knox, Henry, Secretary of War, [13];
resents Hamilton’s interference with War Department purchases, [69];
attacked by Jeffersonians for mismanagement of St. Clair expedition against the Indians, [175];
on reception of Genêt, [215].
Knox, Mrs. Henry, a Mrs. Malaprop, [15].
Langdon, John, Senator from New Hampshire, Democratic leader in New Hampshire, [146];
votes against Jay Treaty, [282].
Laurance, John, Representative from New York, on Madison’s amendment to Funding Bill, [55];
and Assumption Bill, [62];
on Excise Bill, [72];
elected director of Bank of United States, [90];
on Giles’s resolutions attacking Treasury management, [201].
Lear, Tobias, secretary to Washington, [119].
Lee, Richard Henry, Senator from Virginia, on question of titles, [5];
fellow student of Madison at Princeton, [157].
L’Enfant, Pierre Charles, designs Federal Hall, New York City, [2];
employed by Hamilton in planning city of Paterson, [162].
Little Sarah, brig, [227].
Livermore, Samuel, on effect of amendment to Excise Bill, [73].
Livingston, Brockholst, classmate of Madison at Princeton, [157];
in New York elections of 1800, [452].
Livingston, Edward, Representative from New York, sketch of, [290], [291];
asks that the papers and instructions pertaining to Jay Treaty be laid before the House, [294];
debate on resolutions of, on Jay Treaty, [294-97];
resolutions of, on Jay Treaty, adopted, [297];
on the Alien Bill, [378];
on the Sedition Bill, [379].
Livingston, Robert R., Chancellor of New York State, defeated for Senate through influence of Hamilton, [36];
leading Jeffersonian, [147].
Logan, Dr. James, Philadelphia, friend of Jefferson, [138];
his visit to France, [423-26].
London Tavern, Philadelphia, [120].
Lyon, Matthew, Democratic leader in Vermont, [146];
ridicules Federalist practice of framing Reply to the President’s Message, [350];
attacked in newspapers, [350], [351];
in disgraceful wrangle with Griswold, [360];
attacked by Griswold, and rough-and-tumble fight ensues, [361];
victim of Reign of Terror, under Sedition Act, [386-88].
McClenachan, Blair, and Jay Treaty, [276].
McCormick, Dan, his House of Gossip, [15].
McHenry, James, on Hamilton, [38];
member of Washington’s military family, [39];
in 1792 campaign, [181], [182];
on John Adams, [324];
Adams’s Secretary of War, sketch of, [334-38];
dismissed by Adams, [456].
Maclay, William, Senator from Pennsylvania, moved to laughter over matter of titles, [4];
on Hamilton’s funding scheme, [44], [45];
on speculations of Congressmen, [47], [48];
has plan, substitute for Funding Bill, [56];
on his colleague, Scott, [56], [61];
on Assumption, [61];
on Vining, of Delaware, [61];
letters to, from Rush and Logan opposing Assumption, [61];
approached by Morris to join in land speculations, [61], [62];
on attitude of Congressmen and speculators and Assumption, [62];
on Hamilton and Congress, [68];
on Excise Bill, [73], [74];
on Bank Bill, [75];
Jefferson’s aide in Pennsylvania, [148];
on French Revolution, [209];
on John Adams, [317].
Macon, Nathaniel, North Carolina, organizer for Jefferson, [150];
in conference of Jeffersonian leaders, [205].
Madison, James, Representative from Virginia, on Congress, [3];
on titles, [6];
seeks postponement of first tariff measure, [19];
on Hamilton’s Report on Public Credit, [46];
on Funding Bill, [51];
part in framing Constitution, [51];
contributions to The Federalist, [51];
not an orator, [52];
consulted often by Washington, [53];
cultivated by Hamilton, [53];
loved as a son by Jefferson, [53];
proposes an amendment to discriminate between original owners and purchasers of public securities, [53], [54];
Federalists and speculators much disturbed, [55], [56];
on resolutions of commercial organizations, [55];
amendment to Funding Bill, voted down, [56];
votes for Assumption Bill, [61];
letter to Monroe, [63];
and bargain on Assumption Bill, [66], [67];
opposes principle of Excise Bill, but votes in favor, [72];
on Hamilton’s doctrine of implied powers, [76];
advises Washington Bank Bill is unconstitutional, [77];
tours New England with Jefferson, [79], [81];
writes articles, attacking Hamilton’s policies, for National Gazette, [169];
defends Jefferson’s position on Constitution, [172];
attacks Fenno’s ‘unmanly attack’ on Jefferson, [172];
on Giles’s resolutions attacking Treasury management, [201];
replies to Hamilton’s Neutrality articles, [226];
prepares resolutions based on Jefferson’s Report on Commerce, [240];
attacked by Federalists, [240], [241];
excitement in the country, merchants denouncing and populace favoring M.’s Resolutions, [242-44];
marriage to Dolly Todd, [259];
author of Virginia Resolutions, [409].
Marshall, John, Representative from Virginia (afterward Chief Justice of the United States), appointed special envoy to France, [345];
his return made an occasion for riotous celebration, [368], [369];
opposes the Alien and Sedition Laws, in letter to Porcupine’s Gazette, [382];
opposes plans of his party (Federalist) for change in electoral count, [442];
appointed Secretary of State by Adams, [457].
Martin, Luther, the ‘Federalist bull-dog,’ attacks Jefferson, [352], [353].
Maryland Journal, on Hamilton, [69];
on Assumption, [71];
on speculation, [88];
on speculative craze, [177].
Mason, Stevens Thomson, Senator from Virginia, publishes Jay Treaty, [273].
‘Men of no importance,’ feeling among, against Funding and Assumption Bills, [70];
and Excise Bill, [70], [71].
Mercer, John Francis, Representative from Maryland, organizer for Jefferson in Maryland, [149];
on Giles’s resolutions attacking Treasury management, [201], [203].
Mifflin, Thomas, Governor of Pennsylvania, [148];
orders militia to parade in honor of President, [359].
Mingo-Creek Society, Democratic Club, [262].
Miranda, Francesco de, soldier of fortune and adventurer, proposes revolutionary scheme in South America, [427];
in correspondence with Hamilton, [427];
holds out lure of Florida and Cuba to United States, [427].
Monroe, James, Senator from Virginia, of deputation from Congress to Hamilton on the Reynolds charges, [187];
Minister to France, [341], [342];
banquet in honor of, in Philadelphia, on return from France, [358];
confers with Jefferson and Democratic leaders, [358].
Moore, Thomas, poet, on Jefferson, [90].
Moreau de Saint-Merys, threatened with prosecution under Alien Law, [405], [406].
Morris, Gouverneur, on Hamilton’s speech in Constitutional Convention, presenting plan for Constitution, [32];
Minister to France, [339-41].
Morris, Robert, Senator from Pennsylvania, on titles, [6];
through business partner, speculated in certificates, [46];
legislative agent of Hamilton, [47];
discusses with Hamilton on location of capital, [65], [66];
rents his residence in Philadelphia as Presidential residence, [119];
Hamilton outlines his Bank policy to, [74];
on Genêt, [217].
Morris, Mrs. Robert, intimate of Mrs. Washington, ‘second lady in the land,’ [131].
Morse, Anson, D., quoted, [142].
Muhlenberg, Frederick A. C., Speaker of the House, pokes fun at Senators on titles, [5];
favors Assumption Bill, [58];
one of deputation from Congress to Hamilton on the Reynolds charges, [187].
National Gazette, on Hamilton’s Report on Manufactures, [161], [163];
attacks in, on Hamilton, [166-70];
attacks in, on Washington, [221];
attacks Hamilton’s conduct of the Treasury, [196], [197];
presents analysis of vote vindicating Hamilton’s management of Treasury, [204];
on French Revolution, [207], [211], [212];
on Genêt, [218], [219], [220];
prints Madison’s reply to ‘Pacificus’ letters in Gazette of United States, [226].
Naturalization Act, [264].
Neutrality, Proclamation of, in war between French Republic and England, [216];
dissatisfaction of people, [217], [220];
flouted by both French and British, [224];
justified by Hamilton in brilliant series of articles in Fenno’s Gazette, [225], [226];
the case of the Little Sarah, [227], [228].
New Hampshire Gazette, on the Jay Treaty, [282].
New York, Argus, on the Jay Treaty, [275], [277], [278], [282], [283].
New York City, capital of the Nation in 1789, [1];
First Congress meets in, [1];
preparations for Washington’s Inaugural, [2], [3], [7];
inaugural ball, [7], [8];
life in, [8], [10];
narrow streets, and muddy, [10];
theatrical productions, [10], [11];
cost of living, [12];
tone of society not republican, [12];
republican ‘court,’ [13], [15];
Wall Street fashionable residence street, [15];
slave market and whipping-post prominent in 1789, [9], [10];
taverns, theaters, [11];
yellow fever epidemic, [380].
New York Daily Advertiser, on First Congress, [79];
‘Publicola’ letters in Columbian Centinel answered, [84], [85].
New York Journal, on Assumption, [63], [64].
New York Register, on Madison’s amendment to Funding Bill, [177].
New York Time Piece, on X Y Z papers, [365].
Newspapers, stories in, as to speculations in public securities, [50];
on the Funding Bill, [57], [58];
on Assumption, [71];
on Bank, [78], [79];
on Jefferson and Paine’s Rights of Man, [84], [85];
on speculative craze, [88], [89], [176], [177];
on Hamilton’s Report on Manufactures, [161];
on attacks on Hamilton’s financial measures, [163], [165];
Federalist and Jeffersonian organs, [166-70];
Hamilton’s attacks in, on Jefferson, [172];
on Indian expedition of St. Clair, [175];
on election of Clinton Governor of New York, [178];
in campaign of 1792, [181-83];
crusade against Hamilton, [196];
on Hamilton’s defense of his financial policy, [198], [199], [203], [204];
on French Revolution, [207], [211], [212];
on Genêt, [218-20];
attacks on and defense of Washington, [221];
on the Democratic Societies, [253];
on the Whiskey Insurrection, [254], [255];
on the Jay Treaty, [273-83];
in campaign of 1796, [310], [311];
on the debates in Congress on trouble with France, [350-61];
on the X Y Z papers, [364], [365];
on supposed French outrages, [366-71];
on Alien and Sedition Bills, [374-81];
in Presidential campaign of 1800, [444-85].
Nicholas, George, Kentucky Jeffersonian, challenges Harper to debate on Sedition Law, [406].
Nicholas, Wilson Carey, of Virginia, in conference with Jefferson at Monticello on plans to repeal the Alien and Sedition Laws, [407].
Noailles, Viscount de, visitor to Philadelphia, [135];
appointed Minister by Royal Princes at Coblentz, received by Washington, [219];
Bache’s Daily Advertiser on, [234].
O’Eller’s tavern, Philadelphia, [119], [121], [136];
dinner at, to Genêt, [220].
Order of the Cincinnati, Jefferson on, [262].
Otis, Harrison Gray, on Hamilton, [38];
on Philadelphia, [123], [124];
Representative from Massachusetts, [346];
sketch of, [346].
Paine, Thomas, Rights of Man reply to Burke’s Reflections upon the French Revolution, [82];
publication of pamphlet in Philadelphia creates sensation, [82], [83];
Jefferson’s letter to printer used as preface, [83];
newspaper controversy, [83], [84].
Parsons, Theophilus, pessimistic in campaign of 1792, [179].
Paterson, New Jersey, manufacturing city promoted by Hamilton, [162].
Paterson, William, Senator from New Jersey, and the Assumption Bill, [62].
Pennsylvania Gazette, on Bank Bill, [78];
on speculation, [88].
Perry’s Gardens, New York City, [10].
Philadelphia, social background, [116-39];
capital removed to, [116];
appearance of city in 1790’s, [117];
government departments closely connected, [118];
private houses rooming-houses for Congressmen, [120];
lack of ‘respectful manners’ of the ‘common people,’ noted by travelers, [121];
life of working and middle classes not easy, [123];
society luxury-loving and aristocratic, [123];
English influence prominent, [124];
social life, free manners, [126], [127];
yellow fever epidemic in 1793, [235-38].
Philadelphia Advertiser, on Hamilton, [162].
Philadelphia County Brigade, [275].
Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, [138];
Jefferson at rooms of, [138].
Pickering, Timothy, and the Africa incident, [287];
writes of British to John Quincy Adams, [287];
Secretary of State under Adams, sketch of, [326-31];
ignores requests of Adams in French troubles, [430];
delays preparation of instructions to French mission, [434];
dismissed by Adams, [456], [457].
Pinckney, Charles, of South Carolina, joins Jefferson, [150];
elected to Senate, [383].
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, Minister to France, [342];
joined with Marshall and Gerry in special mission in France, [345];
Federalist candidate for President in 1800, [459] ff.
Pinckney, Thomas, Minister to Great Britain, his efforts to stop British violations of Neutrality Proclamation, [224];
set aside in negotiations of Jay Treaty, [269];
sketch of, [309], [310];
selected by Hamilton and King as Federalist candidate for President, in 1796, [310].
Pintard, John, chief of Tammany Society, [148].
Porcupine’s Gazette, active in urging war with France, [350-60];
publishes Martin’s attacks on Jefferson, [352], [353];
abusive to Democrats, [354], [355];
on Lyon-Griswold fight in House, [361].
Powell, Mrs. Samuel, aunt of Mrs. William Bingham, [132].
Priestley, Joseph, English liberal, addresses Tammany and other ‘Democratic Societies’ in New York, [259].
Randolph, Edmund, Attorney-General under Washington, considers Hamilton’s Bank Bill unconstitutional, [77];
on reception of Genêt, [215];
succeeds Jefferson as Secretary of State, [239];
and French Minister Faucet, [285];
is dismissed from Cabinet, [286].
Read, Jacob, Senator from South Carolina, denounced in Charleston for supporting Jay Treaty, [281].
Reign of Terror, Alien and Sedition Laws produce, in 1798, [380-82];
continued through two years, [383];
riotings, [384];
victims, [386-93], [398-406].
Report on Manufactures, Hamilton’s, [161];
newspaper comments on, [161].
Report on the Public Credit, Hamilton’s, [43-68];
debated in Congress, [44].
Reynolds, James, seeks to blackmail Hamilton, [187].
Ricketts, John, proprietor of the Circus, Philadelphia, [138].
Rights of Man, by Thomas Paine, copy lent by printer to Jefferson, [82];
in returning borrowed copy to printer Jefferson writes note commending pamphlet, [83];
Jefferson’s note used by printer as preface, [83];
effect of publication, [83], [84];
newspaper controversy over, [83], [84].
Rittenhouse, David, scientist and friend of Jefferson, [149];
and Jefferson in library of Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, [156];
aids in preparations for reception of Genêt, [219];
president of Democratic Club of Philadelphia, [223].
Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, Duc de La, on Philadelphia, [124], [125];
in Philadelphia, [135].
Rush, Dr. Benjamin, writes letters to Maclay against Assumption, [61];
on Paine’s Rights of Man, [84];
letter to Burr, [147];
Jefferson’s friend, [149];
in yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, [237].
Rutledge, John, denounces Jay Treaty, [280];
appointment as Chief Justice not confirmed, [289].
Saint Cecilia Society, Democratic Club in Charleston, [223].
St. Clair, General Arthur, failure of expedition against Indians made issue by Jeffersonians in campaign of 1792, [175].
Schuyler, Philip, father-in-law of Hamilton, elected Senator from New York, [36];
letter of Hamilton to, on Washington, [41], [42];
and the Assumption Bill, [62].
‘Scrippomony,’ Jefferson on, [87].
Sedition Bill, purpose to crush Jeffersonian press, [376], [377];
debates on, in Congress, marked by disorder, [378];
passed by small margin, [380].
Sedgwick, Theodore, speculator in public securities, defends Funding Bill, [48], [49];
on funding of debt, [48], [49], [50];
on Madison’s plan to amend Funding Bill, [55];
speech on the Assumption Bill, [62];
and Excise Bill, [72];
and amendment to Excise Bill, [73];
on Giles’s resolutions attacking Treasury management, [201];
recommended Adams’s nomination as Vice-President, in 1789, [325];
on results of 1798 elections, [383].
Sedgwick, Mrs. Theodore, [134].
Sherman, Roger, Representative and Senator from Connecticut, on titles, [3].
Sign of the Sorrel Horse, Philadelphia tavern, [119].
Smith, Mrs. Margaret Bayard, on Jefferson, [92], [93].
Smith, Samuel, on Madison commerce resolutions, [241].
Smith, Jeremiah, on Philadelphians, [116].
Smith, William, Representative from South Carolina, on Madison’s amendment to Funding Bill, [55];
chosen director of Bank of United States, [90];
on Giles’s resolutions attacking Treasury management, [201], [203];
on Madison’s commerce resolutions, [240], [242].
Southwark Theater, Philadelphia, [137].
Speculation, in government securities, [44-47];
members of Congress involved, [46-48];
in stock and scrip, [87];
fraud and counterfeiting, [88];
Hamilton shocked and concerned, [88];
bubble bursts in 1792, [176];
Hamilton’s policies charged as cause of panic, [177];
newspaper comments on, [177].
Spooner’s Vermont Journal, on the Jay Treaty, [283].
Steele, John, North Carolina, [181].
Stewart, Mrs. Walter, daughter of Blair McClenachan, social leader of Philadelphia, [132].
Strong, Caleb, Senator from Massachusetts, [9];
and the Assumption Bill, [62].
Sullivan, James, lawyer, pamphleteer, and orator for the Democrats, [145].
Tammany, Sons of, rival organization to Society of the Cincinnati, [148];
at first non-partisan, then fervid Jeffersonians, [148].
Tariff, in First Congress, [19];
in Second Congress, [161];
Hamilton’s Report on Manufactures excites little attention, [161].
Taylor, John, of Caroline, a Jeffersonian leader in Virginia, [149], [150];
Jeffersonian leaders confer at home of, [205];
pamphlet analyzing vote in Congress vindicating Hamilton, attributed to, [205], [206];
introduces Virginia Resolutions in Legislature, [409].
Tilley, Count, [135].
Treaty with the Southern Indians, Washington’s attitude on presentation to the Senate, [21], [22].
Trumbull, John, paints portrait of Hamilton, [162].
Tucker, George, editor of Blackstone’s Commentaries, [169].
Twining, Thomas, in Philadelphia, [120].
United States Chronicle, on Freneau’s attacks on Hamilton, [164].
Venable, Abraham B., of deputation from Congress to Hamilton on the Reynolds charges, [187].
Vermont Journal, on Hamilton’s Passaic Falls scheme, [162].
Vining, John, Representative from Delaware, and Assumption, [61];
Maclay on, [61].
Virginia Resolutions, written by James Madison, and introduced in Legislature by John Taylor of Caroline, [409];
contemporary opinions of, [409-11].
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, Representative from Connecticut, speculator in certificates, 47 n.;
sneers at soldiers of Revolution, [55], [56];
elected director of Bank of United States, [90].
Warville, Brissot de, and Mrs. Bingham, [128], [129].
Washington, George, reception on arrival in New York, [6], [7];
inaugurated President, [7];
bored by dignities and ceremonial of office, [16], [17];
his solemn dinners, [18];
presents in person treaty with Southern Indians for ratification by Senate, [20];
annoyed by proposal to refer treaty to committee, [21];
rents house of Robert Morris in Philadelphia, [119];
endeavors, unsuccessfully, to effect reconciliation between Jefferson and Hamilton, [171];
Hamilton refuses to discontinue attacks in Fenno’s Gazette, [172];
and the French Revolution, [214];
issues Neutrality Proclamation, [216];
and Jefferson in the case of the Little Sarah, [228];
reluctantly accepts Jefferson’s resignation, [233], [234];
appoints Jay special envoy to Great Britain, [247];
attacks Democratic Societies in Message, [261];
delays signing Jay Treaty, [285];
his prestige used to make Treaty more acceptable, [286];
is attacked by Democratic press, [286-88];
refuses to comply with request of House for papers pertaining to Jay Treaty, [298];
refuses to be a candidate for a third term, [308];
accepts chief command of army in prospective war with France, [413];
selects Hamilton, Pinckney, and Knox as major-generals, [413].
Washington City, new capital, in 1800, [486-89];
‘city of magnificent distances,’ but mud roads, [487].
Whiskey Boys, the. See Whiskey Insurrection.
Whiskey Insurrection, the, [250-56];
grew out of enforcement of Excise Law, [251];
Hamilton active in suppressing, [254-56];
ringleaders arrested, harshly treated, and jailed, [255];
most of prisoners acquitted on trial, [255];
two convicted, but pardoned by Washington, [256];
tempest in a teapot, [256].
Williamson’s Gardens, New York City, [10].
Willing, Thomas, business partner of Robert Morris, elected director of Bank of United States, [90].
Wingate, Paine, on Federal Hall, [2].
Witherspoon, John, president of Princeton, [157].
Wolcott, Mary Ann, sister of Oliver Wolcott, afterward Mrs. Chauncey Goodrich, [134].
Wolcott, Oliver, of Connecticut, on Hamilton’s religious views, [41];
mouthpiece for Hamilton, [59], [60];
on Philadelphians, [116];
on demonstrations against Jay Treaty, [275];
Adams’s Secretary of the Treasury, sketch of, [331-34].
Wolcott, Mrs. Oliver, called ‘the magnificent,’ [134].
Wythe, George, Virginia lawyer and politician, [96];
presides at meeting in Richmond denouncing Jay Treaty, [282].
X Y Z papers, Federalists familiar with, before publication, [364];
Hamilton sees trump card in them for war party, [364];
Jeffersonians kept in ignorance, [364];
excitement intense on publication, [365], [366];
‘millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute,’ a clarion call, [366];
rioting in Philadelphia, [367].
Yellow Cat, the, Philadelphia tavern, [120].
Yellow fever, in Philadelphia, [237], [238];
in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, [380].
[1] Pickering (Wingate to Pickering), II, 447.