Reply #27: Ah yes, Mr. Jefferson's nemesis; Mr. Hamilton--the man who would have Washington a King...

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and withheld support for the French, even as they had supported the American Revolution.

Mr. Hamilton, was the architect of the First Bank of the United States, a pioneer of central banking and a forebearer of the modern Federal Reserve.

On the other hand, Mr. Jefferson believed that a central bank would put too much power over the government in the hands of the bank's owners.

And the Jefferson/Hamilton conflict continues to this day...Democrats v. Federalists to Democrats v. Republicans.

They handled thing a bit differently during that era. Mr. Jefferson's vice president, that fellow Burr, was a pretty good shot.