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Twenty: Corrupt Squadrons

1. Hamilton,
Life of Alexander Hamilton,
vol. 5, p. 49.
2. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 241.
3. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 2, p. 362.
4. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 77.
5. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 4, p. 430.
6. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 346.
7.
PAH,
vol. 13, p. 393, “The Defence No. I,” [1792–1795].
8. Kent,
Memoirs and Letters of James Kent,
p. 207.
9.
PAH,
vol. 4, p. 432, “Federalist No. 26,” December 22, 1787.
10. Ibid., p. 435, “Federalist No. 27,” December 25, 1787.
11. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 3, pp. 364–65.
12. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 24.

13. Flexner,
Washington,
p. 241.
14. Wilson and Stanton,
Jefferson Abroad,
p. 73.
15.
PAH,
vol. 25, p. 201,
Letter from Alexander Hamilton,
October 24, 1800.
16. Brookhiser,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 104.
17. Smith,
John Marshall,
p. 38.
18. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 1, p. 212.
19.
PAH,
vol. 10, p. 373, “Conversation with George Hammond,” December 15–16, 1791.
20. Ibid.
21. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 2, p. 413.
22. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 254.
23. Ibid., p. 255.
24. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 2, p. 424.
25. Smith,
Patriarch,
p. 83.
26. Bobrick,
Angel in the Whirlwind,
p. 149.
27.
PAH,
vol. 12, p. 101.
28. Ibid., p. 192, “An American No. II,”
Gazette of the United States,
August 11, 1792.
29. Parton,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
p. 224.
30. McDonald,
Sermon on the Premature and Lamented Death of General Alexander Hamilton,
p. 31.
31. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 146.
32. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 327.
33. Jefferson,
Anas of Thomas Jefferson,
p. 97.
34. Brodie,
Thomas Jefferson,
p. 267.
35. Jefferson,
Anas of Thomas Jefferson,
p. 44.
36. Brodie,
Thomas Jefferson,
pp. 318–19.
37. Knott,
Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth,
p. 253.
38. Jefferson,
Anas of Thomas Jefferson,
p. 51.
39. Jefferson,
Anas of Thomas Jefferson,
p. 71.
40. McDonald,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 251.
41. Wills,
James Madison,
p. 44.
42. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 329.
43. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 277.
44. Adams,
New Letters of Abigail Adams,
pp. 80–81.
45. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 333.
46. McDonald,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 241.
47. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 2, p. 446.
48. Smith,
Patriarch,
p. 132.
49.
PAH,
vol. 11, p. 429, letter to Edward Carrington, May 26, 1792.
50. Ibid., p. 440.
51. Ibid., p. 432.
52. Ibid., p. 443.
53. Ibid., p. 444.
54. Ibid.
55. Maclay,
Journal of William Maclay,
p. 375.
56. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 3, p. 271.
57. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 497.

58. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 2, p. 460.
59. Jefferson,
Anas of Thomas Jefferson,
p. 104.
60. Smith,
Patriarch,
p. 139.
61.
PAH,
vol. 12, p. 107,
Gazette of the United States,
July 25, 1792.
62. Ibid., p. 124,
National Gazette,
July 28, 1792.
63. Ibid., p. 131, letter from George Washington, July 29, 1792.
64. Ibid., p. 137, letter to George Washington, August 3, 1792.
65. Ibid., p. 160, “An American No. I,”
Gazette of the United States,
August 4, 1792.
66. Ibid., p. 191, “An American No. II,”
Gazette of the United States,
August 11, 1792.
67. Ibid., p. 228, letter to George Washington, August 18, 1792.
68. Ibid., p. 247.
69. Ibid., p. 249.
70. Ibid., p. 248.
71. Ibid., pp. 276–77, letter from George Washington, August 26, 1792.
72.
Gazette of the United States,
September 8, 1792.
73.
PAH,
vol. 12, p. 347, letter to George Washington, September 9, 1792.
74. Ibid., p. 348.
75. Ibid., p. 349.
76. Ibid., p. 348.
77. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 2, pp. 466–67.
78.
National Gazette,
September 12, 1792.
79. Ibid., p. 365.
80. Ibid., p. 505, “Catullus No. III,”
Gazette of the United States,
September 29, 1792.
81. Ibid., p. 504.
82. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 331.
83. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 78.
84. Jefferson,
Anas of Thomas Jefferson,
p. 90.
85. Ibid.
86. Ibid., p. 91.
87. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 76.

Twenty-one: Exposure
1.
PAH,
vol. 21, p. 272, “The Reynolds Pamphlet,” Jacob Clingman affidavit, December 13, 1792. 2.
PAH,
vol. 10, p. 557, letter from Maria Reynolds,

January 23–March 18, 1792.
3. Ibid., vol. 11, p. 177, letter from Maria Reynolds,
March 24, 1792.
4. Ibid., p. 176, letter from James Reynolds,
March 24, 1792.
5. Ibid., p. 222, letter from James Reynolds, April 3,
1792.
6. Ibid., p. 254, letter to James Reynolds, April 7,
1792.
7. Ibid., vol. 21, p. 244, “The Reynolds Pamphlet,”
August 1797.
8. Ibid., p. 246.
9. Ibid., vol. 11, p. 297, letter from James Reynolds,
April 17, 1792.
10. Ibid., p. 330, letter from James Reynolds, April
23, 1792.
11. Ibid., p. 354, letter from James Reynolds, May 2,
1792.
12. Ibid., p. 354, “The Reynolds Pamphlet,” August
1797.
13. Ibid., p. 481, letter from Maria Reynolds, June 2,
1792.
14. Ibid., p. 482, letter to James Reynolds, June 3–22,
1792.
15. Ibid., p. 491, letter to David Ross, September 26,
1792.
16. Ibid., vol. 26, p. 682, letter to Tobias Lear,
September 6, 1792.
17. Ibid., vol. 12, p. 543, letter to Charles Cotesworth
Pinckney, October 10, 1792.
18. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National
Adventure,
p. 403.
19.
PAH,
vol. 21, p. 264, “The Reynolds Pamphlet,”
August 1797.
20. Ibid., p. 130.
21. Ibid., p. 268.
22. Ibid., p. 269.
23. Jefferson,
Papers of Thomas Jefferson,
vol. 18,
p. 635.
24. Callender,
History of the United States for 1796,
p. 216.
25. Ibid.
26.
PAH,
vol. 21, p. 257, “The Reynolds Pamphlet,”
August 1797.
27. Ibid., p. 258.
28. Ibid.
29. Ibid., p. 135.
30. Callender,
History of the United States for 1796,
p. 218.
31.
PAH,
vol. 21, p. 134.
32.
Gazette of the United States,
January 5, 1793. 33.
PAH,
vol. 14, p. 267, “For
Gazette of the United
States,
” March–April 1793.
9.
PAH,
vol. 12, p. 387, letter from Rufus King,
September 17, 1792.
10. Ellis,
Founding Brothers,
p. 175.
11. Tripp, “Robert Troup,” p. 105.
12.
PAH,
vol. 12, p. 408, letter to an unnamed
correspondent, September 21, 1792.
13. Ibid., p. 480, letter to an unnamed correspondent, September 26, 1792.
14. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National
Adventure,
p. 209.
15. Ibid.
16. Ammon,
James Monroe,
p. 44.
17.
PAH,
vol. 13, p. 227, letter from David Ross,
November 23, 1792.
18. Ibid., vol. 12, p. 573, letter from John F. Mercer,
October 16[–28], 1792.
19. Ibid., vol. 13, p. 513, letter from John F. Mercer,
January 31, 1793.
20. Jefferson,
Anas of Thomas Jefferson,
p. 186. 21.
Gazette of the United States,
December 8, 1792. 22. Smith,
Patriarch,
p. 152.
23. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 441.
24.
PAH,
vol. 13, p. 338, letter to John Jay, December
18, 1792.
25. Smith,
Patriarch,
p. 157.
26. Ibid.
27. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National
Adventure,
p. 255.
28.
PAH,
vol. 11, p. 432, letter to Edward Carrington, May 26, 1792.
29. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 3, p. 18. 30.
PAH,
vol. 14, p. 58, “Report Relative to the Loans
Negotiated under the Acts of the Fourth and
Twelfth of August, 1790,” February 13–14, 1793. 31.
The William and Mary Quarterly,
October
1992.
32. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National
Adventure,
p. 260.
33. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 301. 34. King,
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
vol. 1, p. 483.
35.
PAH,
vol. 14, p. 276, letter to Rufus King, April 2,
1793.
36. Ibid., vol. 13, p. 523, “On James Blanchard,”
January 1793.
37. Ibid.
38. Ibid., vol. 21, p. 132, letter from Henry Lee, May
6, 1793.
39.
PAH,
vol. 14, p. 466, letter from John Beckley to
an unnamed recipient, June 22, 1793.
40. Ibid.
41. Ibid.
42. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 102.
43.
PAH,
vol. 14, p. 467, letter from John Beckley to
an unknown recipient, July 2, 1793.
44. Ibid., vol. 15, p. 165, letter to Andrew G.
Fraunces, August 2, 1793.
45. Ibid., p. 171, letter to Andrew G. Fraunces, August 3, 1793.
46.
The Diary,
October 11, 1793.
47.
The Daily Advertiser,
October 12, 1793. gust 14, 1793,
Dunlap’s American Daily Advertiser;
vol. 19, p. 519, “American Jacobins,” [1795–1796].
36. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 357.
37. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 342.
38. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 3, p. 83. 39. Brookhiser,
Gentleman Revolutionary,
p. 140. 40. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 360.
41. Adams,
Correspondence Between the Hon. John Adams, and the Late Wm. Cunningham,
p. 35. 42. Parton,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
p. 220. 43. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National Adventure,
p. 299.
44. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 344.
45. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National Adventure,
p. 227.
46.
PAH,
vol. 15, p. 74, “Reasons for the Opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary at War Respecting the Brigantine
Little Sarah,
” July 8, 1793.
47. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 348. 48. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 3, p. 114. 49.
PAH,
vol. 15, p. 77, “Reasons for the Opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary at War Respecting the Brigantine
Little Sarah,
” July 8, 1793.
50. Ibid., vol. 15, p. 34, “Pacificus No. I,” June 29, 1793.
51. Ibid., p. 67, “Pacificus No. III,” July 6, 1793. 52. Ibid., p. 94, “Pacificus No. V,” July 13–17, 1793. 53. Ibid., p. 92.
54. Ibid., pp. 103, 106, “Pacificus No. VI,” July 17, 1793.
55. Hamilton,
Federalist,
p. c.
56. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 362.
57. Ketcham,
James Madison,
pp. 345–46. 58.
Political Science Quarterly,
March 1956. 59. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 436.
60. Flexner,
Washington,
p. 288.
61. Jefferson,
Anas of Thomas Jefferson,
p. 150. 62.
PAH,
vol. 15, p. 145, “No Jacobin No. I,”
American Daily Advertiser,
July 31, 1793.
63. Ibid., p. 282, “No Jacobin No. VIII,”
American Daily Advertiser,
August 26, 1793.
64. Jefferson,
Anas of Thomas Jefferson,
p. 157. 65. Ibid.
66. Ibid., p. 158.
67. Ibid., p. 157.
68. Ibid., p. 158.
69. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National Adventure,
p. 242.
70. Jefferson,
Anas of Thomas Jefferson,
p. 162. 71. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 3, p. 125. 72.
PAH,
vol. 15, p. 234, letter from Edmond Charles Genêt to George Washington, August 13, 1793.
73. Freeman,
Affairs of Honor,
p. 97.
74. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 344.
32. Ibid., p. 252, letter to George Washington, April 8, 1794.
33. Ibid., p. 495.
34. Ibid., vol. 21, pp. 241–42, “The Reynolds Pamphlet,” August 1797.
35. NYPL-JAHP, box 1, letter from Alexander Hamilton to Angelica Church, April 4, 1794.

Twenty-two: Stabbed in the Dark
1. Smith,
Patriarch,
p. 135.
2.
PAH,
vol. 12, p. 567, letter to John Steele, October 15, 1792.
3. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 434.
4. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 2, p. 457.
5.
PAH,
vol. 12, p. 342, letter to John Adams, September 9, 1792.
6. Ferling,
John Adams,
p. 318.
7. Ibid.
8. Kaminski,
George Clinton,
p. 230.

Twenty-three: Citizen Genêt

1. Hamilton,
Life of Alexander Hamilton,
vol. 5, p. 213.
2. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 312.
3. Hamilton,
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton,
p. 300.
4. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 316.
5. Schama,
Citizens,
p. 615.
6. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 438.
7. Ibid.
8. Schama,
Citizens,
p. 687.
9. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 3, p. 61. 10. Hamilton,
Life of Alexander Hamilton,
vol. 5, p. 222.
11. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 444.
12. Elkins and McKitrick,
Age of Federalism,
p. 357.
13. Ketcham,
James Madison,
pp. 337, 338–39. 14. Ibid., p. 341.
15. Hamilton,
Life of Alexander Hamilton,
vol. 6, p. 222.
16.
PAH,
vol. 14, pp. 85–86, letter from Gouverneur Morris, February 6, 1793.
17. Jefferson,
Anas of Thomas Jefferson,
p. 69. 18. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 338.
19. Ellis,
Founding Brothers,
p. 170.
20.
PAH,
vol. 21, p. 450, letter to the marquis de Lafayette, April 28, 1798.
21. Ibid., vol. 14, p. 386, letter from Alexander Hamilton and Henry Knox to George Washington, May 2, 1793.
22. Ibid., p. 371.
23. Ibid., vol. 17, pp. 586–87, “The French Revolution,” unpublished fragment, 1794.
24. Ibid., p. 588.
25. Ibid., vol. 14, p. 291, letter to George Washington, April 5, 1793.
26. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 3, p. 67. 27.
PAH,
vol. 14, p. 504, “Defence of the President’s Neutrality Proclamation,” May 1793.
28. Ibid., p. 328, “Cabinet Meeting: Opinion on a Proclamation of Neutrality and on Receiving the French Minister,” April 19, 1793.
29. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 342.
30. Lodge,
Alexander Hamilton,
p. 161.
31. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 3, p. 70. 32.
Political Science Quarterly,
March 1956. 33. Ketcham,
James Madison,
p. 342.
34. Brookhiser,
Gentleman Revolutionary,
pp. 139–40.
35.
PAH,
vol. 15, p. 246, “No Jacobin No. V,” Au

Twenty-four: A Disagreeable Trade
1. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 133.
2. Colimore,
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
’s Guide to Historic Philadelphia,
p. 46.
3. Mitchell,
Alexander Hamilton: The National Adventure,
p. 282.
4.
PAH,
vol. 15, p. 324, letter from George Washington, September 6, 1793.
5. Ibid., p. 325, in editorial note.
6. Ibid., p. 331, “To the College of Physicians,” September 11, 1793.
7. Smith,
Patriarch,
p. 180.
8. Day,
Edward Stevens,
p. 81.
9. Ibid., pp. 80–81.
10. CU-HPPP, box 267, letter from Philip Schuyler to Abraham Yates, Jr., September 25, 1793. 11.
PAH,
vol. 15, p. 347, letter to Abraham Yates, Jr., September 26, 1793.
12. Ibid., p. 360, letter from Tobias Lear, October 10, 1793.
13. Ibid., p. 361, letter from George Washington, October 14, 1793.
14. Ibid., p. 374, letter to George Washington, October 24, 1793.
15. Day,
Edward Stevens,
p. 82.
16.
PAH,
vol. 15, p. 455, letter to Thomas Jefferson, December 11, 1793.
17. Ibid., p. 593, letter to Angelica Church, December 27, 1793.
18. McCullough,
John Adams,
p. 448.
19. Jefferson,
Papers of Thomas Jefferson,
vol. 26, p. 215.
20. Ibid., vol. 27, p. 449.
21. Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vol. 3, p. 182. 22. Brodie,
Thomas Jefferson,
p. 263.
23. Ibid.
24.
PAH,
vol. 11, p. 441, letter to Edward Carrington, May 26, 1792.
25. CU-JCHP, box 20.
26.
PAH,
vol. 15, p. 593, letter to Angelica Church, December 27, 1793.
27. Ibid., vol. 16, p. 356, letter to ——, April–May 1794.
28. Ibid., vol. 15, p. 465, letter to Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg, December 16, 1793.
29. Ibid., vol. 16, p. 49, letter to John Adams, February 22, 1794.
30. Ibid., p. 249, letter from George Washington, April 8, 1794.
31. Ibid., p. 249, letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, April 14, 1794.

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