He said that Hamilton, who had never traveled to Europe, “divined Europe.” Jefferson, who was American ambassador in France from 1785 to 1789, never spoke French well, whereas Hamilton ...

In the musical, Hamilton is portrayed as being a firm abolitionist, someone who wanted to end slavery. He furiously accuses Thomas Jefferson of using slave labour to pay off the South’s debts ...

Its publication proved highly embarrassing to Hamilton and helped widen rifts in the Federalist Party. That same year, when Republicans Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson tied in balloting for the ...