Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1 Before the Clash 3

2 An Old Friend's Bombshell 15

3 The Mounting Anger 27

4 The Radical Conservative 41

5 Aggressive Lobbying 51

6 Thoughts of Breaking Up 61

7 Jefferson's Awakening 75

8 A Country without a Capital 85

9 Doubters and Believers 95

10 Nearing a Decision on the Capital 107

11 That Day on the Street 117

12 Dinner at Secretary Jefferson's 125

13 The Philadelphia Story 139

14 Doubts Settled, Doubts Revived 149

15 Hamilton the Unstoppable? 159

16 Before the Fall 171

17 From Brilliance to Disaster 179

18 The Disappearing Cabinet 193

19 One Heart and One Mind 209

20 The Jefferson Factor 221

Appendix A Recipes from Monticello's Kitchen 229

Appendix B Alexander Hamilton's Letter to New Coast Guard Officers 239

Notes 245

Bibliography 257

Index 261