Jefferson vs. Hamilton Confrontations that Shaped a Nation

by Cunningham, Jr., Noble E.

• ISBN13: 9780312085858
• ISBN10: 0312085850
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-17
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

This documentary study of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton focuses on their differing views of society and government in the formative years of the new American nation. Interweaving more than 40 documents into 7 chronological chapters, the text follows the lives and careers of the two men from their youth, through the Revolutionary War, to the death of Hamilton in 1804. In each chapter, generous excerpts from their public papers and private letters reveal the two men's often divergent views on government and the Constitution, economic and foreign policy, and the military, and illustrate the roles they played in the emergence of political parties. Reading Jefferson's First Inaugural Address, the Report on Public Credit, the Kentucky Resolutions, and a host of other documents, students can explore firsthand the two men's philosophies and the impact these had on the emerging nation. Also included are 10 illustrations, a Jefferson/Hamilton chronology, a bibliography, and an index.

Author Biography

NOBLE E. CUNNINGHAM JR. is Curators' Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Missouri, Columbia. With research and writing focused on the early national period of American history, his writings include In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson (1987), The Process of Government under Jefferson (1976), The Image of Thomas Jefferson in the Public Eye (1981), Popular Images of the Presidency from Washington to Lincoln (1991), and The Presidency of James Monroe (1996). He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a senior fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Preface	vii
List of Illustrations	xiii
Introduction	1	(2)
Different Paths to Fame	3	(26)
Letter to John Harvie, January 14, 1760	4	(1)
Thomas Jefferson
Letter to Edward Stevens, November 11, 1769	5	(3)
Alexander Hamilton
A Summary View of the Rights of British America, 1774	8	(2)
Thomas Jefferson
The Farmer Refuted, February 23, 1775	10	(7)
Alexander Hamilton
Summary of Hamilton's Response to the New Jersey and Virginia Plans, June 18, 1787	17	(2)
James Madison
Summary of Hamilton's Response to the New Jersey and Virginia Plans, June 18, 1787	19	(4)
Robert Yates
Letter to James Madison, December 20, 1787	23	(4)
Thomas Jefferson
Address to His Neighbors, February 12, 1790	27	(2)
Thomas Jefferson
Diverging Courses	29	(16)
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Public Credit, January 14, 1790	30	(6)
Alexander Hamilton
Account of a Compromise on Assumption and Residence Bills, [1792]	36	(6)
Thomas Jefferson
Assessment of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, 1951	42	(1)
Dumas Malone
Assessment of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, 1962	43	(2)
Broadus Mitchell
Poles Apart on Banks and Factories	45	(32)
Report on a National Bank, December 14, 1790	46	(5)
Alexander Hamilton
Opinion on the Constitutionality of Establishing a National Bank, February 15, 1791	51	(4)
Thomas Jefferson
Opinion on the Constitutionality of Establishing a National Bank, February 23, 1791	55	(10)
Alexander Hamilton
Notes of a Conversation between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, August 13, 1791	65	(3)
Thomas Jefferson
Introduction to the Report on Manufactures, December 5, 1791	68	(9)
Alexander Hamilton
Conflict in Washington's Cabinet	77	(29)
Letter to George Washington, May 23, 1792	78	(5)
Thomas Jefferson
Letter to Alexander Hamilton, July 29, 1792	83	(3)
George Washington
Letter to Edward Carrington, May 26, 1792	86	(9)
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to George Washington, September 9, 1792	95	(2)
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to George Washington, September 9, 1792	97	(6)
Thomas Jefferson
Resolutions on the Secretary of the Treasury, [Before February 27, 1793]	103	(3)
Thomas Jefferson
Disagreement on Foreign Affairs	106	(21)
Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, October 6, 1789	106	(1)
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to George Mason, February 4, 1791	107	(2)
Thomas Jefferson
Letter to William Short, January 3, 1793	109	(7)
Thomas Jefferson
Kentucky Resolutions of 1798	116	(2)
Letter to Theodore Sedgwick, February 2, 1799	118	(2)
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to Jonathan Dayton, [October-November 1799]	120	(4)
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to Elbridge Gerry, January 26, 1799	124	(3)
Thomas Jefferson
Political Competitors	127	(16)
Letter to Theodore Sedgwick, May 4, 1800	130	(1)
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to John Jay, May 7, 1800	131	(3)
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to James A. Bayard, December 27, 1800	134	(1)
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to James A. Bayard, January 16, 1801	135	(2)
Alexander Hamilton
Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801	137	(6)
Thomas Jefferson
Hamilton and President Jefferson	143	(26)
First Annual Message to Congress, December 8, 1801	145	(5)
Thomas Jefferson
The Examination, Number I, December 17, 1801	150	(4)
Alexander Hamilton
The Examination, Number IX, January 18, 1802	154	(4)
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to Robert R. Livingston, April 18, 1802	158	(3)
Thomas Jefferson
New-York Evening Post, February 8, 1803	161	(2)
Alexander Hamilton
New-York Evening Post, July 5, 1803	163	(2)
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to Theodore Sedgwick, July 10, 1804	165	(4)
Alexander Hamilton
Epilogue: The Legacies of Jefferson and Hamilton	169	(12)
APPENDICES
A Jefferson and Hamilton Chronology (1743-1826)	173	(4)
Selected Bibliography	177	(4)
Index	181