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War of Two : Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and the Duel That Stunned the Nation (9780698193901)

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by Sedgwick, John


  collaborations between Hamilton and, 140, 282

  conspiracy of, 344, 352–59, 361–66, 369–88, 391–92, 402, 408

  conspirators’ approaches to, 324–25, 327, 408

  death of, 24n, 150, 241, 401–2

  demise of, 307, 315, 317, 323, 326–27, 334, 401, 403

  derided by Hamilton, xix–xxiii, 204, 207, 209–10, 243–44, 259, 285, 297–98, 324–25, 333–37, 401, 406

  divorce of, 402

  domestic life of, 155–56, 159–60, 236, 394

  duel between Hamilton and, iv, xvi–xvii, xxi–xxiii, 26n, 246–47, 331–33, 335–36, 338–43, 347–49, 351, 355, 373, 382, 392, 394, 398, 401–6

  education of, xxiv, 22–23, 26–27, 37, 40–41, 44, 46–48, 52, 58–59, 63, 65, 86, 112–13, 126–27, 207, 229, 361

  and election of 1800, xxi, 286–92, 294–307, 317–18, 331–34, 337, 357n, 361, 374

  exile of, 21, 393–400

  fame and popularity of, 26, 139–40, 216, 348, 359, 370, 382

  family of, xxii, xxiv, 4–11, 20–22, 24–25, 40, 45–50, 60–62, 66, 71, 88, 112–13, 115–16, 126, 128, 136, 147n, 148, 209, 240, 262, 271, 298–300, 305, 314, 319, 339, 347–48, 350, 353, 359–60, 364–65, 369, 373–74, 377–78, 390, 393, 397, 401–2

  feminism and, 102–3, 113, 148–50, 160, 237, 297, 319, 394

  finances of, xxi, 18, 22, 46, 73, 126, 128, 140–41, 145–48, 150, 152, 159, 180, 201, 208, 217, 262–67, 269–70, 273, 282–83, 285, 299, 316, 321, 331, 334, 354, 365, 367–69, 374, 377, 380, 386, 391–95, 397–400, 402

  gubernatorial campaign of, xviii–xx, 323–27, 350

  Hamilton derided by, xxii, 325, 327

  Hamilton’s death and, 343, 347–48, 359, 394, 398, 401

  Hamilton’s dinner with, xvii–xx, 332–33, 336–37

  Hamilton’s first awareness of, 40

  Hamilton’s first contact with, 78

  heritage of, xxii, xxiv, 3–6, 21, 82, 102, 332

  honor and honors of, 65, 246, 330–32, 335, 337, 347, 356, 379, 389

  illnesses of, 8, 10, 20–21, 59, 79, 94, 105, 112, 126, 151, 217, 235, 397, 399, 402

  indictment of, 389–90

  land speculation of, 147, 151–53, 180, 262–63, 265, 269–70, 353–54, 361, 374–75, 388

  lawsuits against, 263, 395

  legal career of, 73, 112, 126–28, 136, 138–43, 145, 147–48, 150–51, 154, 161, 163, 165, 179, 191, 200, 207, 218, 235, 262, 264, 282–85, 320, 362, 401, 403

  military career of, 24, 43n, 58–63, 65–67, 69, 72–73, 76–80, 88–96, 102–6, 111–12, 114–15, 118, 122, 127, 135n, 145, 147, 151, 165, 207, 220, 236, 277–78, 297, 332, 338, 352, 403

  moods of, 105, 140, 153, 379

  murder charges against, 24n, 350, 356, 359–60, 364, 368, 392

  nickname of, 26, 63

  opportunism of, 173, 271, 300

  parents of, xxii, xxiv, 3–11, 20–26, 30, 35, 46–47, 59, 61, 79, 402

  physical appearance of, xxii–xxiii, 8, 22, 27, 47, 49, 62–63, 83, 89, 93–94, 103, 127–29, 139, 163–64, 205, 219, 264, 332, 334, 340–41, 349, 369, 384–86, 388–89, 400–401

  plan X of, 396–99

  press on, xvii, xix–xx, 139, 317, 326–27, 343, 349, 354, 360, 371–72, 376–79, 382

  proposed alliance between Hamilton and, 221–22

  reading of, 67, 113, 127, 148, 153–54, 156, 159, 314, 319, 347, 399

  religion and, 21, 23, 25, 40, 47–48, 60–61

  return to America of, 400–401

  secretiveness of, xxiii, 49n, 73, 94, 103, 114–15, 169, 173, 194, 237, 262, 265, 344, 353–55, 359, 379–81, 383, 387, 393, 397

  senatorial career of, 204–5, 207, 216, 219–24, 235, 237, 239, 243, 265, 267, 348, 357

  sense of humor of, 216, 325

  sexuality and love life of, 24–26, 34, 41, 46, 48–51, 62n, 73, 102–5, 111–16, 148, 216–17, 241, 318–21, 326–27, 331, 333, 355, 359, 364–65, 368, 383–84, 394–96, 399, 402

  speeches of, 26–27, 188, 219, 290, 360–62, 382

  as state attorney general, 180, 203, 348

  suspicions about, 306–7, 315–17

  temper of, 333n, 337, 373

  threats against, 92, 166, 349–50, 392

  treason charges against, 24n, 344, 378–79, 382–84, 386–91

  trials of, 378–79, 386–93

  vice presidency and, xvi, xviii–xix, xxi–xxii, 147, 208–10, 223, 253–54, 292, 296, 301–2, 305–9, 314–23, 325–27, 334, 348–52, 355–56, 357n, 359–61, 368, 371–72, 374, 378, 384–86, 392, 397

  wedding of, 128

  West and, 352–53, 356, 362, 365–66, 370–78, 381–82, 385, 398, 408

  wives of, 111–16, 126–28, 136, 140, 145, 148–55, 157–64, 171, 205, 216–17, 221, 235–41, 266, 297, 299, 395, 402

  writing of, xvii, xx–xxi, xxiii, 21, 23, 24n, 25–26, 34, 49n–50n, 62, 94, 103, 105, 112–16, 126–27, 148, 150–54, 157, 159–63, 171, 205, 208, 216–17, 235, 237–40, 265–66, 268–70, 307–9, 314, 316, 318–20, 324, 335–37, 339, 341n, 344, 348–50, 353–55, 358–59, 370, 378–81, 383, 387, 389, 391, 393–97, 399–400

  Burr, Aaron, Sr., xxii, xxiv, 1, 3–7, 9–10, 20–25, 30, 35-36, 46–47, 59, 61, 79, 402

  Burr, Aaron Columbus, 402

  Burr, Eliza Jumel, 402

  Burr, Esther Edwards, 4–11, 20–21, 26, 30, 61

  Burr, Sally, 148

  Burr, Sarah, 7, 10–11

  Burr, Thaddeus, 48–49

  Burr, Theodosia Bartow Prevost, 111–16, 136, 145, 148–55, 157–64, 171, 205, 235–41, 299, 395, 402

  burial of, 241

  children of, 148, 153–54, 159–64, 221, 236–37

  death of, 112, 163–64, 240–41

  domestic life of, 160–61, 236–37

  feminism and, 148–50, 160, 237, 297

  Fort Johnson and, 151–53

  hemlock taken by, 238–39

  husband’s legal career and, 126–27, 140, 154

  illnesses of, 112, 148, 161–62, 216–17, 235–40, 266

  injuries of, 154

  physical appearance of, 111, 128, 154, 159

  wedding of, 128

  Burrites, 208, 220–21, 232–33, 254, 268, 300, 309, 314, 317, 402

  Burr’s gubernatorial campaign and, 326

  and election of 1800, 288, 291–92, 302, 307–8

  Hamilton and, 220, 327

  Butler, Pierce, 357–58

  Byron, George Gordon, Lord, 34, 125, 148

  Calhoun, John C., 48n

  Callender, James Thomson, 255, 257–59, 268, 278, 310

  Campbell, Archibald, 81, 124

  Canada, 16, 138, 232, 356, 398

  France vs. Great Britain in, 264–66

  Hamilton and, 68

  Revolutionary War and, 59–66, 69, 72–73, 88, 91, 106, 114, 135n, 147, 220, 332, 352

  Cape’s Tavern, 136

  Carleton, Guy, 135

  Casa Yrujo, Marqués de, 371, 373, 376

  Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, 148–49

  Catholics, Catholic Church, 68, 371

  Catiline, xxi, 297, 321

  Cazenove, Théophile, 269

  Central Park, 14n

  Chadd’s Ford, Battle at, 83, 86–87, 123

  Charleston, siege of, 118–19

  Chase, Samuel, 359–60, 388

  Cheetham, James, 273, 316–18, 325–26

  Chesterfield, Lord, 99, 113, 149, 156, 159–60

  Christians, Christianity, 3–10, 20, 30, 35, 55, 194, 265, 265–66, 369

  Burr and, 21, 23, 25, 60–61

  Burr’s father and, 3, 7

  Edwards and, 4–8

  Hamilton and, 28, 39, 45, 52–53, 256, 342

  West Indies and,
17

  Christiansted, 12, 14, 17, 29, 32

  Christie, Gabriel, 301

  Church, Angelica Schuyler, 107–10, 157–58, 175, 259–60, 313, 342

  garter of, 186

  Jefferson and, 110, 194–95, 234, 253

  Reynolds affair and, 260

  Church, John Barker, 108–10, 157, 186, 195, 249, 258–60

  duel between Burr and, 270–71, 311–12, 330, 334

  and duel between Hamilton and Burr, 338

  and duel between Hamilton’s son and Eacker, 311–12

  Manhattan Company and, 272–73

  Cicero, xxi

  Clarissa Ann, 393

  Clark, Daniel, 371

  Clark, William, 353

  Clay, Henry, 378

  Claypoole’s American Daily Advertiser, 252–53, 282, 289

  Clingman, Jacob, 227–28, 259

  Clinton, DeWitt, 178, 308–9, 398

  Burr and, 314, 316–18

  duel between Swartwout and, 317–18

  gubernatorial elections and, 323, 325

  Clinton, George, 136

  attempted political assassination of, 178–80

  Burr and, 180, 203–4, 208, 210, 221, 223, 289, 292, 309, 314, 323, 325, 333

  Constitutional Convention and, 167

  Constitution and, 169–70, 172, 177–80, 209

  and election of 1800, 289, 291–92

  Genet and, 234

  Hamilton and, 144, 167, 169–70, 172, 177–79, 203–4, 209, 221–22, 308–9, 325

  Revolutionary War and, 81

  Rutgers case and, 144

  vice presidency and, 208, 210, 322–23

  Clintonians, 144, 167, 172, 208, 222–23, 309, 314

  Cliosophic Society, 26–27, 52

  Clossey, Professor, 52

  Coast Guard, U.S., 185n

  Cochran, Gertrude and John, 107

  Colden, Cadwallader D., 282–84

  Coleman, William, xix, 310, 317, 352

  Collins, Eliza, 219

  Columbia University, see King’s College

  Commentaries on the Laws of England (Blackstone), 141

  committees of correspondence, 53, 179

  Concord, Battle of, 56–58, 67–68

  Congress, U.S., 317, 330, 353

  and Alien and Sedition Acts, 278

  assumption bill and, 243

  and Bank of the United States, 198

  Burr and, 373, 382

  and election of 1800, 303

  Hamilton and, 182–83, 185, 187–90, 257, 276

  provisional army and, 276

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

  Connecticut, 22, 47, 65, 91, 180, 244, 274–75, 347

  Burr and, 208–9

  Hamilton and, 166, 169

  Connecticut Compromise, 169

  Constitution, U.S., 44, 140, 191, 234, 286, 322, 359–61, 370

  and Alien and Sedition Acts, 278

  and Bank of the United States, 198

  Burr and, 173, 180, 209, 272, 292, 315, 360–61, 378

  and election of 1800, 296

  final draft of, 170

  Hamilton and, 169–73, 176–79, 189, 192–93, 199, 209, 252, 361

  implied powers and, 199

  presidential elections and, 176–77

  promotion of, 170–71

  ratification of, 169–72, 174, 178–79

  on slavery, 192–93

  Supremacy Clause of, 143n

  on treason, 387, 390

  Constitutional Convention, 44, 144, 357n

  Hamilton and, 167–70, 178

  Contentment, 13

  Continental Army, 58, 68, 74, 87, 97, 128–30, 352

  Continental Congress, 43–44, 48, 53, 59, 82, 112, 119n, 177

  and Articles of Confederation, 129–30

  Burr and, 151

  Hamilton and, 55, 118, 128–30, 142–43, 167–68, 178, 188

  Revolutionary War and, 68, 85–87, 92

  and Treaty of Paris, 142–43

  Conway, Thomas, 92

  Conway Cabal, 92–93, 104, 177

  Cooper, Charles D., xix–xx, 332–36

  Cooper, James Fenimore, 8n

  Cooper, Myles, 51, 56, 58, 70

  Cooper, William, 304

  Cornwallis, Charles, 121–25, 135

  Cosway, Maria, 193–95

  Cosway, Richard, 193

  Croucher, 284–85

  Cruger, Nicholas, 32–33

  Cruger family, 39

  currencies, 33, 185, 201, 243–44

  Custis, Nelly, 299

  Daviess, Joseph Hamilton, 374, 376–79

  Davis, John, 164

  Davis, Matthew Livingston:

  Burr and, 23–25, 49n, 59, 103, 113–14, 221, 237, 271, 288, 291, 308–9, 318, 350

  and election of 1800, 288, 291, 302

  Revolutionary War and, 58, 103

  Dawson, John, 304

  Dayton, Jonathan, 240, 369

  Burr’s conspiracy and, 361–62, 373, 376, 380

  indictment of, 390

  “Death of General Montgomery, in Storming the City of Quebec, The” (Brackenridge), 65

  Declaration of Independence, 68n, 75–76, 177, 189, 191

  Delaware, 169, 304

  Denmark, 13–14, 19

  Denniston, David, 316

  Drummey, Peter, xv

  Duane, James, 190

  Hamilton and, 142, 184, 203

  Rutgers case and, 142, 144, 184

  dueling pistols, iv, 109, 270, 329–30, 338–39

  duels, 36n, 329–36

  animating sentiments of, iv, 329–30

  avoided by Hamilton, 251, 259

  between Church and Burr, 270–71, 311–12, 330, 334

  between Clinton and Swartwout, 317–18

  between Hamilton and Burr, iv, xvi–xvii, xxi–xxiii, 26n, 246–47, 331–33, 335–36, 338–43, 347–49, 351, 355, 373, 382, 392, 394, 398, 401–6

  between Hamilton’s son and Eacker, 310–12, 330–31, 338–39

  history of, 329

  between Laurens and Lee, 95

  rules in, 330

  Duer, William:

  Hamilton and, 179, 185, 200, 201n, 250

  speculation of, 200–201, 214

  Dumas, Alexander, 85

  Dürer, Albrecht, 175

  Eacker, George I., duel between Hamilton’s son and, 310–12, 330–31, 338–39

  Eaton, William, 374, 387

  economics, economy, 38–40, 174, 197, 324

  Burr and, 243–44

  crises in, 180, 200

  and disparity between rich and poor, 39

  Hamilton and, xvi, 33, 52, 55, 93, 99, 128, 184–90, 200–201, 218, 224, 228, 252, 296, 304, 310, 322, 343, 403–4, 408

  Revolutionary War and, 55

  Edict of Nantes, 12

  Edwards, Dr., 235

  Edwards, Jonathan, 4–11, 47, 147n, 393, 402

  Burr’s sexual history and, 24–25

  death of, 11, 21

  fame of, xxii, 4–5

  Great Awakening and, 4, 61

  Princeton and, xxiv, 1, 10, 22

  sermons of, 4–6, 8

  smallpox inoculation of, 10–11

  spider of, 6, 40

  and wars between France and Great Britain, 8–9

  Edwards, Lucy, 11

  Edwards, Pierpont, 48, 240, 319

  Edwards, Rhoda Ogden, 21–22, 46

  Edwards, Sarah, 10–11, 20

  Edwards, Timothy, 21, 46–48, 60, 147n

  Elizabeth River, 21–22, 41, 46, 332

  Elizabethtown, N.J., 3, 9,
21, 51

  Burr and, 25–26, 41, 46, 58–59, 61, 102–3, 207, 332, 361, 369

  Hamilton and, 41–43, 70, 145, 207

  Elizabethtown Academy, 22–23, 40, 44

  Ellsworth, Oliver, 244

  Émile (Rousseau), 159

  Éon, Mademoiselle la Chevalièr d’, 193

  Epps, Mr., 386

  Essays Upon the Law of Evidence (Morgan), 283

  Eustis, William, 163, 299, 318–21

  Evening Post, xix–xx

  “Farmer Refuted, The” (Hamilton), 55

  Faucette, John, 12–13

  Faucette, Mary, 12–13, 15, 29

  Faucette, Rachel, 12–19, 28–32, 44, 99, 213

  Federal Hall, 132–33, 181, 187–88, 250, 282

  federalism, 273

  Constitutional Convention and, 167

  Constitution and, 169, 171–72

  Hamilton and, 171–72, 189

  Federalist Papers, 170–72, 175

  Federalists, Federalist Party, xx, 42, 46–47, 178, 206, 270–76, 314–17, 322, 352, 378

  and Alien and Sedition Acts, 359

  assumption bill and, 189, 204

  Burr and, xxi–xxii, 208, 220–23, 253, 267–68, 270–72, 288, 290, 297, 300–305, 309, 314–15, 317, 323–24, 333, 348–49, 361, 371, 376, 382, 387, 402

  clothing worn by, xviii

  Constitution and, 172–73

  and election of 1800, 286–91, 293–94, 296–305

  French Revolution and, 231–33

  Genet and, 232–33

  Hamilton and, iv, xxi, 189, 203–4, 207–8, 218, 221–22, 225, 228, 230–31, 253–54, 256–57, 272, 276, 286–89, 291, 293–94, 297–99, 301–2, 310, 323–24, 328, 331–32, 342–43, 348

  Jay Treaty and, 251

  Manhattan Company and, 272–73

  New York governorship and, 179–80

  Quasi-War and, 275

  Reynolds affair and, 256–57, 294

  Federal style, 46–47, 175, 181

  Fenno, John, 203

  Fielding, Henry, 156

  First Church of Newark, 3

  Fleming, Captain, 67, 71

  Floyd, Kitty, 218–19

  Ford, Jacob, 97

  Fort Duquesne massacre, 7

  Fort George, 70–71, 75–76

  Fort Johnson, 151–53

  Fort Lee, 79

  Fort Oswego, 8

  Fort Ticonderoga, 60, 71

  Fort Washington, 79

  40 for 1 scheme, 243–44

  France, 62n, 92, 95, 98, 113, 136, 160, 162–64, 181–83, 230–34, 268, 311, 319, 352

 

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