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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) to james madison, jr. - The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 9
to james madison, jr. - Alexander Hamilton, The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 9 [1774]Edition used:The Works of Alexander Hamilton, ed. Henry Cabot Lodge (Federal Edition) (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904). In 12 vols. Vol. 9.
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- Miscellaneous Papers
- Defence of the Funding System
- The Assumption of the State Debts ( Continued From Vol. Viii .)
- Private Correspondence
- To Edward Stevens 1
- To Tileman Cruger 1
- To the Provincial Congress of New York. 1
- To the Provincial Congress
- To the Honorable Convention of New York
- To the Provincial Congress
- To Gouverneur Morris, Robert Livingston, and William Allison, Esqs. 1
- To Gouverneur Morris, Etc.
- To the Committee of the New York Convention
- To Gouverneur Morris, Etc.
- To the Committee of the New York Convention
- To the Committee of the New York Convention
- To William Livingston 2
- To William Livingston
- To William Duer. 1
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To Robert R. Livingston 1
- To Dr. Hugh Knox 1
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To Robert R. Livingston
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To the Honorable John Hancock President of Congress
- To the President of Congress
- To the President of Congress
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To General Gates
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To General Gates
- To Washington
- To General Putnam
- To Governor George Clinton 2
- To Governor George Clinton 3
- To William Duer, M.C. 1
- To Lafayette
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Elias Boudinot 1
- To Lord Stirling (?) 2
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Elias Boudinot
- To Elias Boudinot
- To Baron Steuben
- Narrative of an Affair of Honor Between General Lee and Col. Laurens 1
- To the Honorable John Jay, President of Congress
- To Miss Livingston 1
- To Baron Stebuen
- To Otho H. Williams 1
- To Major Lee Or, In His Absence, Capt. Mclane
- To Col. David Henley 1
- To Col. John Brooks 1
- To Dr. William Gordon 1
- To James Duane 3
- To Baron Steuben
- To James Duane
- To Colonel John Brooks
- To John Laurens 2
- To James Duane
- To James Duane
- Du Portail and Hamilton to Washington 1
- To John Laurens
- To Doctor William Gordon
- To Washington
- To Baron Steuben
- To James Duane
- To General Greene
- To Baron Steuben
- To Washington
- To the Chevalier De Ternay 1
- To Baron Steuben
- To Baron Steuben
- To General Anthony Wayne
- To Baron Steuben
- To Miss Schuyler 1
- To Washington
- To General Greene
- To Miss Schuyler
- To Miss Schuyler
- To John Laurens 1
- To Isaac Sears 1
- To James Duane
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Philip Schuyler 1
- To General Greene
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Mrs. Hamilton
- To Washington
- To Mrs. Hamilton
- To Mrs. Hamilton
- To Mrs. Hamilton
- To Lafayette
- To Mrs. Hamilton
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Richard K. Meade 2
- To Robert Morris
- To General Knox
- To Robert Morris
- To Comfort Sands 1
- To Robert Morris
- To Governor Clinton
- To Robert Morris
- To Governor Clinton
- To the County Treasurers
- To Robert Morris
- To John Laurens 2
- To Governor Clinton
- To Robert Morris
- To Colonel Richard K. Meade
- To Robert Morris
- To the County Treasurers
- To Robert Morris
- To Timothy Pickering 1
- To Robert Morris
- To Robert Morris
- To Robert Morris
- To Robert Morris
- To Robert Morris
- To De Noailles 2
- To General Greene
- To Robert Morris
- To Lafayette
- To the Governor of Rhode Island 1
- To Governor Clinton
- To Governor Clinton
- To Washington
- To Governor Clinton
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Governor Clinton
- To Governor Clinton
- To John Dickinson 1
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To Mrs. Hamilton
- To John Jay
- To Governor Clinton
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Governor Clinton
- To the Honorable Thomas Mifflin, President of Congress
- To John Barker Church 1
- To Thomas Fitzsimmons 1
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To De Chastellux 1
- To His Brother, James Hamilton—st. Thomas
- To Israel Wilkes 2
- To Washington
- To Nathaniel Hazard
- To Messrs. Semphill & Co.
- To John Thomas, Esq., Sheriff of Westchester
- To Washington
- To ——————— 1
- To Major Peirce
- To Auldjo
- To Rufus King 1
- To Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth 2
- To Rufus King
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To Gouverneur Morris
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To John Sullivan, Esq., President of the State of New Hampshire
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To Nathaniel Chipman 1
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To Washington
- To Samuel Broome 1
- To Governor Wm. Livingston
- To Washington
- To Theodore Sedgwick 1
- To Nathaniel Chipman
- To Theodore Sedgwick
- To Washington
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To Theodore Sedgwick
- To Rufus King
- To Oliver Wolcott
- To Lafayette
- To James Madison, Jr.
- To Washington
- To Timothy Pickering
- To Col. R. H. Harrison 2
- To Henry Lee 1
- To William Duer
- To Ædanus Burke 1
- To Timothy Pickering
- To Winn
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To John Jay
- To Washington
- To William Seton 1
- To Washington 1
- To Washington
- To Washington
- To Benjamin Goodhue 1
- To Mrs. Martha Walker
- To Rufus Ring
- To Rufus Ring
- To Timothy Pickering
- To William Seton
- To William Seton (private.)
- To William Duer
- To William Seton
- To William Seton
- To the President, Directors, Etc., of the Bank of New York
- To William Seton (private.)
- To William Seton (private.)
- To a Friend
- To Washington
- To General Knox
- To William Seton
- To Philip Hamilton 1
- To Nicholas Gouverneur 2
- To Gulian Verplanck and Others
- To William Seton
- To William Duer 1
- To William Seton (private)
- To William Seton (private.)
- To William Seton (private.)
- To the Directors and Company of the Bank of New York
- To William Duer
- To William Seton
- To William Duer
- To William Seton
- To Colonel Edward Carrington 1
- To General Otho H. Williams
- To Gouverneur Morris
- Senators
- Representatives
- To Colonel Heth 1 and Others
- To William Seton (private.)
- To Rufus King
- To Elias Boudinot
- To Washington
to james madison, jr.
October 12, 1789.
I thank you, my dear sir, for the line you were so obliging as to leave for me, and the loan of the book accompanying it, in which I have not made sufficient progress to judge of its merit. I don’t know how it was, but I took it for granted that you had left town earlier than I did; else I should have found an opportunity, after your adjournment, to converse with you on the subjects committed to me by the House of Representatives. It is certainly important that a plan as complete and as unexceptionable as possible should be matured by the next meeting of Congress; and for this purpose it could not but be useful that there should be a comparison and concentration of ideas, of those whose duty leads them to a contemplation of the subject. As I lost the opportunity of a personal communication, may I ask of your friendship, to put to paper and send me your thoughts on such objects as may have occurred to you, for an addition to our revenue, and also as to any modifications of the public debt, which could be made consistent with good faith—the interest of the public and of the creditors.
In my opinion, in considering plans for the increase of our revenue, the difficulty lies not so much in the want of objects as in prejudice, which may be feared with regard to almost every object. The question is very much, What further taxes will be least unpopular?
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