When Thomas Jefferson and James Madison made an early-summer tour of the Northeast, they became closer friends while seeking ...

Lesson Plan: Hamilton, Washington, Jefferson, and Madison - Connections and Conflicts. Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3 Clip 4 Clip 5 Clip 6. No Saccharine Plaster Saints ...

Chernow goes on to mention that after being elected governor of Virginia in 1779, Jefferson “found the job irksome and wanted to resign, prompting Edmund Pendleton to complain to Madison, ‘It ...

Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics H. W. Brands. Doubleday, $32.50 (464p) ISBN 978-0-385-54924-0 ...

Jefferson, Hamilton and those other guys come with well-known baggage. ... Consider Madison and Hamilton composing their Federalist Papers and struggling to parse the difficult, ...

In 1802, Jefferson wrote, “We can pay off his [Hamilton’s] debt in fifteen years, but we can never get rid of his financial system.” Next, Hamilton wanted a national bank.

The Adams Papers: Volumes I through IV, Diary and Autobiography of John Adams L. H. Butterfield, editor (Harvard; $30) The Papers of Alexander Hamilton: Volumes I and II Harold C. Syrett, editor ...

Five of America's Founding Fathers (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin & Alexander Hamilton) share their stories in an epic pop ballad.