on presidential election of 1796，178
on slavery，239-42
on social equality and the role of elites，231，233-7verbal prowess，225-7
Adams-Jefferson relationship，17
Adams’s criticisms of Jefferson，171，187，212Adams’s jealousy of Jefferson’s revolutionary reputation，212-13Adams’s satirical account of，220
Adams’s sense of betrayal，207
bipartisan effort regarding Adams presidency，178-85bonding during revolutionary period，163-4，180breakdown of，169-71，188
Jefferson-Madison collaboration，comparison with，171-2Jefferson’s defamation of Adams，198，211，228Jefferson’s failed attempt at reconciliation，207-10odd-couple status，163
reconciliation under Rush’s influence，218，220-2silence following Jefferson’s election，205，211see also Adams-Jefferson correspondence Addison，Joseph，139 African Americans，see blacksAlien and Sedition Acts，190-1，193，199-200，201，229，273n 50American Colonization Society，107
American Daily Advertiser，121
American nationhood，origins of，10
American Philosophical Society，170
American Revolution，134
Adams’s nonmythologized account of，215-18，242-3，247-8alternate possible outcomes，5
factionalism of revolutionaries，15
improbability of，5-6
as improvisational affair，5，216
inevitability of，3-4，5
Jefferson’s vision of，246-7
most decisive moment，242-3
participants’ historical perspective，4-5slavery debate and，89
Washington’s realist approach to command，131-3，135Ames，Fisher，59，72，116，118，123，180André，Maj. John，132
Antifederalists，9，59
aristocracy，231，233-7
Arnold，Benedict，27，38，126，132
Articles of Confederation，7，8，52，138assumption of state debts by the federal government，48consolidation issue，58，59，63-4
Hamilton’s answer to objections，62
Hamilton’s proposal，57
Jefferson’s views on，51，68-9
long-term effects，80
Madison’s views on，57-60，62，64
philosophical foundations，62-5
