Since age 25, Adams had suffered from a hand tremor which he called “quiveration.” He passed this familial “essential tremor”, a genetic disorder, along to his son, John Quincy Adams, who grew up to become the nation’s sixth president. Adam’s tremor worsened under the stress of his new government responsibilities.

Adams was well known for his extreme political independence, brilliant mind and passionate patriotism. He was a leader in the Continental Congress and an important diplomatic figure, before becoming America’s first vice president.

John Adams signed the unpopular Alien & Sedition Acts of 1798. Because Adams believed in the elite idea of Republicanism and didn’t trust public opinion, he was probably one of the most disliked presidents.

John Adams to Abigail Adams. President’s House, Washington D.C., November 2, 1800, Adams Papers, reel 399. In May 1800, he had dismissed half his cabinet because he found that they had been working against him, often taking orders from Alexander Hamilton rather than from himself.

The major reason that Alexander Hamilton had for opposing John Adams’ bid for the presidency in 1796 was the fact that Hamilton himself wanted to have more power. He felt that Thomas Pinckney would be a better choice than Adams. This was because he felt that he could exert more control over Pinckney.

“[…] Adams fires Hamilton, privately calls him ‘creole bastard’ in his taunts (Say what?); Hamilton publishes his response! ‘Sit down, John, you fat mother f*****. ‘”

Adams patriotism and integrity, and even talents of a certain kind, I should be deficient in candor, were I to conceal the conviction, that he does not possess the talents adapted to the Administration of Government, and that there are great and intrinsic defects in his character, which unfit him for the office of …

Thomas Jefferson objected strongly to Hamilton’s proposal for a national bank. Among the reasons he and his followers gave for their opposition, the following were the most important: With its special powers and privileges, the U.S. bank would hinder the development of state banks.

Jefferson believed that America’s success lay in its agrarian tradition. While Hamilton distrusted popular will and believed that the federal government should wield considerable power in order steer a successful course, Jefferson placed his trust in the people as governors.

“The consolations of Religion, my beloved, can alone support you; and these you have a right to enjoy. Fly to the bosom of your God and be comforted. With my last idea; I shall cherish the sweet hope of meeting you in a better world. “Adieu best of wives and best of Women.

Eliza really did destroy her letters. In his 2004 biography of Hamilton, which Miranda used as the basis for the show, Ron Chernow wrote that Eliza destroyed her own letters to Hamilton, but her reasons remain unknown.

It was the same spot where Hamilton’s son had died defending his father’s honor in 1801. There are conflicting accounts of what happened next. According to Hamilton’s “second”—his assistant and witness in the duel—Hamilton decided the duel was morally wrong and deliberately fired into the air.

Alexander Hamilton’s eldest son and proudest hope for the future, Philip, died young in an ill-considered duel. After Philip’s death, his father plunged into a grief from which he never fully recovered.

Over time Eliza and Alexander reconciled and remained married. They had two more children together. Elizabeth forgave him. Although her actions succeeded with Hamilton’s career surviving the storm, his reputation has tampered for the rest of his life.

He died at age 19, fatally shot in a duel with George Eacker at Weehawken, New Jersey….

Fact-checking the big Ham. To give Miranda credit, “Hamilton” makes it clear from the start that it’s not aiming at historical accuracy. For starters, the show features a multiracial cast playing events that happened in and after the birth of the country in the 1770s – when most of America’s Black population was slaves …