Alexander Hamilton (171 page)

Rush’s correspondence with

Boudinot, Elisha

Boxwood Hall

boycott of British goods

Brackenridge, Hugh Henry

Braddock, Edward

Bradford, William

Bradhurst, Samuel

Brandywine Creek, Battle of (1777)

Brissot de Warville, J. P.

Brooklyn, Battle of (1776)

Brooks, John

Brown, Andrew

Brown, Moses

Browne, Joseph

Bunker (Breed’s) Hill, Battle of (1775)

Burgoyne, John (Gentleman Johnny)

Burke, Aedanus

Burke, Edmund

Burr, Aaron, Jr.

AH compared with

AH’s duel with

AH’s feud with,
see
Hamilton-Burr duel

AH’s first contact with

AH’s rivalry with

ambition of

in American Revolution

army appointment considered for

background of

bribery charges against

Church’s duel with

debts of

divorce of education of

in election of 1789

in election of 1792

in election of 1796

in election of 1800

in election of 1801

in election of 1804

electoral tie of 1801 and

French Revolution and

inauguration of

intrigue and secrecy of

Jay Treaty and

Jefferson’s relationship with

as lawyer

libel suit of

Manhattan Company and

marriages of

Monroe’s correspondence with

Monroe’s relationship with

in New York Assembly

as New York attorney general

opportunism of

Philip Schuyler defeated by

political affiliation of

political comeback attempt of

as political outcast

public debt bill and

reading of

Reynolds affair and

slavery and

on Stirling

Troup’s friendship with

as vice president

Washington’s relationship with

womanizing and sexual escapades of

Burr, Aaron, Sr.

Burr, Esther Edwards

Burr, Theodosia,
see
Alston, Theodosia Burr Burr, Theodosia Prevost

Burwell, William A.

Butler, Pierce

Cabot, George

Cadwalader, John

Caesar, Julius

Callender, James Thomson

in Pamphlet Wars

Camillus

Campfield, Jabez

Canada

Capet, Louis,
see
Louis XVI, king of France

capital, U.S., selection of location for

Caribbean,
see
West Indies;
specific islands

Carlisle, Pa.

carriage tax

Carrington, Edward

Carroll, Charles

Cato
(Addison)

central banks

Adams’s views on

AH’s views on

functions of

see also
Bank of England; Bank of the United

States

Ceracchi, Giuseppe

Chamber of Commerce, New York City

Chambers, David

Chappell, Alonzo

Charleston, Battle of (1780)

Charleston, S.C.

Charlestown

Chase, Samuel

impeachment of

Chastellux, marquis de

Chatterton’s Hill

Cheetham, James

election of 1804 and

child labor

Christian Constitutional Society

Christiansted

Church, Angelica Schuyler

AH’s affectionate relationship with

AH’s correspondence with

AH’s death and

death of

Eliza’s correspondence with

Eliza’s relationship with

in Europe

French aristocracy and

Jefferson’s correspondence with

Jefferson’s relationship with

marriage of

men enchanted by

on Philip Hamilton’s funeral

portrait of

slavery and

U.S. visits of

Church, Catherine

Church, John Barker

AH’s correspondence with

AH’s death and

AH’s loan from death of dueling of

in Europe

Hamilton-Burr duel and

Manhattan Company and

slavery and

Church, Philip

Church of England (Anglicanism)

Cicero

Cincinnatus

Citation Act (1782)

Civil War, U.S.

Claypoole’s American Daily Advertiser

Clement, Maria,
see
Reynolds, Maria

Clingman, Jacob

Clinton, Cornelia,
see
Genêt, Cornelia Clinton

Clinton, De Witt

Clinton, George

AH’s correspondence with

AH’s feud with

background of

as brigadier general

Constitutional Convention and

as deterrent to national unity

in election of 1792

Clinton, George (
cont.
)

in election of 1800

in election of 1801

on Hamilton-Burr duel

King’s candidacy and

as New York governor

New York Ratifying Convention and

Philip Schuyler’s feud with

as presidential candidate

retirement of

as vice presidential candidate

Clinton, Sir Henry

AH’s alleged secret letter to

Clossy, Samuel

Coast Guard, U.S.

Cobb, David

Cobbett, William

Cochran, Gertrude Schuyler

Cochran, John

Coercive (Intolerable) Acts (1774)

coffee, taxes on

Coke, Sir Edward

Colbert, Louis

Colden, Cadwallader

Coleman, William

College of New Jersey

see also
Princeton

College of Physicians

Columbia College

Columbia University Press

Committee of Public Safety, French

committees of correspondence

Common Council, New York City

Common Sense
(Paine)

Concord, Mass.

Confiscation Act (1779)

Congress, U.S.

Adams’s speeches to

Alien and Sedition Acts and

in Germantown

Jefferson’s relationship with

military approved by

in New York City

petitions to

in Philadelphia

Republican majority in

“scrippomania” and

slavery and

tax-levying powers of

treasury secretary reports to

war powers of

Washington’s annual address to

see also
House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.

Connecticut

American Revolution in

Connecticut Compromise

Constitution, New York

Constitution, U.S.

AH’s concessions and

amendments to

broad interpretation of

central bank and change of government seat and

“common defence and general welfare” clause of

explication of,
see Federalist Papers, The

“God” omitted from

Jay Treaty and

Jefferson’s vacillations about

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and

“necessary and proper” clause of

New York battle over

preamble to

presidential electors in

ratification process for

strict construction of

Constitutional Convention

AH at

AH’s calls for

AH’s June 18 speech at

AH’s June 29 speech at

breakup of New York delegation to

Committee of Style and Arrangement at

Connecticut Compromise at

description of delegates to

end of

Federalist
and

lawyers at

New Jersey Plan at

road to

secrecy of

slavery and

Virginia Plan at

Continental Army

AH as Washington’s adjutant in

“camp ladies” of

disorder and morale problems in

duels in

fear of Newburgh mutiny in

Gates-Washington rivalry in

Lafayette’s rise in

in New Jersey

Northern Department of

passwords in

Pennsylvania mutineers in

pensions in

refurbishment of

reorganization of retreats of

social life of

Southern Army

state militias vs.

Steuben’s stewardship of

supply problems in

Washington made head of

Washington’s farewell to

Continental Association

Continental Congress

First

Second (Confederation),
see
Second Continental

Congress

“Continentalist, The”(Hamilton)

Conway, Thomas

Conway Cabal

Cooper, Charles D.

Cooper, Myles

mob action against

Copley, John Singleton

Cornwallis, Lord

Yorktown siege and

corporations, creation of

Cosway, Maria

Cosway, Richard

cotton

court-martials

Coxe, Tench

credit

British

central bank and

private

public, AH’s report on

crime

Croswell, Harry

Croucher, Richard

Cruger, Henry, Jr.

Cruger, Henry, Sr.

Cruger, John

Cruger, Nicholas

Cruger, Tileman

currency:

dollar as

minting of coins and

paper,
see
paper money

uniform

Custis, Martha Dandridge,
see
Washington, Martha

Dandridge Custis

Customs Service, U.S.

Dallas, Alexander J.

Dana, Francis

Danish West India and Guinea Company

Danish West Indies

see also
St. Croix

Danton, Georges Jacques

Davie, William

Davis, Matthew

Dawson, Henry

Day, Thomas

Dayton, Jonathan

Deas, William

debt

AH’s alleged buying back of

English public

of farmers

foreign loans in repayment of

national

public, retirement of

of states

war

see also specific people

Dechman, James

Declaration of Independence

slavery and

Declaration of the Rights of Man, French

“Defence, The” (Livingston, Livingston, and Hamilton)

Defoe, Daniel

de Haert, Balthazar

de la Tour du Pin, Madame

Delaware

Delaware River

democracy

AH’s fears about

American Revolution and

Montesquieu’s theory of

“Democratic” (“Republican”) societies

Denmark, colonialism of,
see
St. Croix

de Nully, Bertram Pieter

De Peyster’s Point, N.Y.

d’Estaing, Jean Baptiste