Jefferson and Hamilton (71 page)

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, painted by Ralph Earl. She met Hamilton in 1777. They were married on December 14, 1780, in Albany. (Museum of the City of New York/The Bridgeman Art Library.)

Philip Schuyler, Revolutionary War general, father of Hamilton’s wife, and a powerful figure in New York politics. In 1791, Schuyler lost a reelection bid in the U.S. Senate to Aaron Burr. (New-York Historical Society/The Bridgeman Art Library.)

A French engraving of the British surrender at Yorktown on October 19, 1781. (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library.)

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
, by John Trumbull. Hamilton can be seen in the front row of American soldiers, the figure closest to the horse at the far right. Washington sits on the dark horse in the background. Colonel John Laurens stands next to Hamilton. General Benjamin Lincoln, astride the white horse, is accepting the British surrender. (Hangs in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol.)

Robert Morris, who as superintendent of Finance in the early 1780s advocated many of the economic policies sought by Hamilton a decade later. Painting by Charles Willson Peale. (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia/The Bridgeman Art Library.)

An engraving from a portrait of Abigail Adams by Gilbert Stuart, who began work on the painting in 1800 when Abigail was the First Lady. She first met Jefferson in 1785 and Hamilton some five years later. (Library of Congress.)

Thomas Jefferson sat for this portrait by Mather Brown in 1786 while in England to conduct diplomacy and to visit John and Abigail Adams. (Private collection/Peter Newark Pictures/The Bridgeman Art Library.)

Maria Cosway, a miniature painted by her husband, Richard Cosway. (© The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.)

Bust of Thomas Jefferson by Jean-Antoine Houdon. The bust was made in 1789, the year that Jefferson returned from France to the United States. (Private collection/Philip Mould Ltd., London/The Bridgeman Art Library.)

George Washington
, by Charles Willson Peale. The painting shows the president in 1795, the year he signed the Jay Treaty. (New-York Historical Society/The Bridgeman Art Library.)

James Madison, Jefferson’s close friend and once Hamilton’s as well. (Private collection/Peter Newark Pictures/The Bridgeman Art Library.)

Bird’s-eye View of Federal Hall, New York
, home of the U.S. Congress from March 1789 through the summer of 1790, where Hamilton’s funding, assumption, and Bank bills were passed. (Painting by William Hindley (fl.1936)/New-York Historical Society/The Bridgeman Art Library.)