Biography brothers founding summary chapter 2
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Summary
Chapter Two discusses the infamous dinner which Thomas Jefferson held to decide the issues of the early nation's deficit and the location of its new capitol.
Jefferson's recorded version of the dinner is so idealistic that it borders on fiction.
He claims that, one day in June of 1790, he noticed Hamilton looking haggard and unkempt outside of President Washington's office.
Biography brothers founding summary chapter 2
Hamilton admitted that his financial plan for the nation had reached a Congressional stalemate, mostly because Southern congressmen opposed the proposed assumption of state debt by the federal government. The opposing faction was led by James Madison of Virginia, a longtime associate of Jefferson’s.
Hamilton, prone to melodramatics, was certain that the nation's survival would be at risk if his financial plan was not adopted.
Jefferson offered to host a dinner for Hamilton and Madison, in the hopes that wine and “gentlemanly conversation” would help resolve their disagreements.
He held