Eleventh Annual Carl B. Menges Colloquium, November 15-17, 2018
“Hamilton v, Jefferson: On History, Freedom, and Republican Government”
Location: Montalto, Monticello, Virginia
Student Logistics:
Information for History 242 and History Club Students on Bus. Loading time begins at 5 a.m.; departure time promptly at 5:30 a.m. DO NOT BE LATE.
POCKET ENVELOPES WITH NAME TAGS AND OTHER INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED. GUESTS WHO ARE NOT HAMILTON STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE THEIR ENVELOPES AT MONTALTO.
Hale Transportation of Clinton, NY will be providing bus service. The bus will arrive at K-J Circle at 5 a.m. on Thursday morning and will DEPART SHARPLY AT 5:30 a.m. The trip is about 8 hours in length. Boxed catered food will be provided for the trip.
If everything goes smoothly you will have time to check in at the Omni, quickly dress for the evening, and be transported to Monticello. In most cases there will be two students to a room. At Monticello shuttles will provide transportation to Montalto, the mountaintop conference center that overlooks Monticello.
FOR THOSE DRIVING TO MONTICELLO: IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU PARK AT MONTICELLO AND TAKE THE SHUTTLES TO MONTALTO. THE ROAD BETWEEN THE TWO IS WINDING, AND NAVIGATION IN THE DARK IS NOT ADVISABLE. THERE IS A PARKING LOT BELOW MONTALTO BUT IT IS SMALL.
Professor Ambrose and several other adults will be on the bus with you as well as a few students from other campuses. Bring reading material. Some students might want to use the trip to discuss the prescribed readings for the conference or for the course.
Schedule:
Thursday, 15 November 2018:
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.: Hospitality Suite at the Omni Hotel
4:00 p.m. – Shuttles begin departing the Omni Hotel for Monticello (distance about 5 miles)
4:15 – 5:30 p.m.: Cocktail Reception at Montalto (Sunset at 5:01). DRESS SEMI-FORMAL.
5:30 p.m.: Guests are seated for dinner prior to remarks
5:30 – 5:45 p.m.: Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Dr. Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Vice-President, Thomas Jefferson Foundation; Dr. Robert Paquette, Executive Director, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization
5:45 p.m.-7:15 p.m.: Dinner
7:15 – 7:45 p.m.: Keynote Address (once dessert and coffee is down)
Eleventh Annual Carl B. Menges Lecture
Introduction by Dr. Andrew O’Shaughnessy of Annette Gordon-Reed, Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History, Harvard Law School
Keynote address: “Hamilton, Jefferson, and the Judges: Courts in the American Republic”
8:00-8:15 p.m. Depart Montalto and return to the hotel
8:30 p.m.: Hospitality Suite
Friday, 16 November 2018:
7:30—9:00 a.m.—“Shenandoah Breakfast Buffet” at the Omni Hotel
9:30—10:00 a.m.—Bus transportation from Omni Hotel to Monticello
10:00—11:15 a.m.—Session I: “Hamilton v. Jefferson: History: Past and Future” DRESS COMFORTABLY
11:15—11:45 a. m.—Questions from audience
11:45 p.m.—1:00 p.m.—Boxed Lunch/Free Time
1:00—2:15 p.m.—Session II: “Hamilton v. Jefferson: Freedom”
2:15—2:45 p. m.—Questions from audience
3:00—5:15 p.m.—Free time/Tours of Monticello
MONTICELLO SHUTTLE TOURS WILL BEGIN AT 3:40, 3:50, 3:55, 4:05 p.m.
5:15—5:45 p. m.—Return to Omni Hotel; bus transportation available
6:30—7:30 p. m.—Reception
7:30-9:00 p. m.—Directors’ Dinner, “Thomas Jefferson’s Buffet,” at the Omni Hotel
THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE DIRECTOR’S DINNER AT THE OMNI. DRESS SEMI-FORMAL.
9:30p.m. – midnight: Hospitality Suite
Saturday, 17 November 2018:
7:30 – 9: 00 a.m.—“Shenandoah Breakfast Buffet” at the Omni Hotel
9:30—10:00 a.m.—Transportation from Omni Hotel to Montalto
10:00-11:15 a.m. Session III—“Hamilton v. Jefferson: Republican Government”
11:15 – 11:45 a.m.—Questions from audience
12:00-1:30 p.m.—Buffet Lunch and Free Time
1:30 – 2:45 p.m.—Session IV: Hamilton v. Jefferson: What Should You Know?
2:45- 3:15 p.m.—Questions from audience
3:15—3:30 Return to Omni Hotel
3:30—End of Colloquium; Student bus departs from Montalto to return to Clinton
Departure at your convenience for other attendants.
Readings for Sessions I-III
Session I: History: Past and Future
Thomas Jefferson, “Summary View of the Rights of British America,” 1774,
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/jeffsumm.asp
Thomas Jefferson to John Randolph, 8/25/1775, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-01-02-0121
Alexander Hamilton, The Continentalist No. III, 8/8/1781, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-1186
Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1/30/1787, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-11-02-0095
Alexander Hamilton, Federalist #1, 10/27/1787, http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed01.asp
Alexander Hamilton, Federalist #6, 11/14/1787, http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed06.asp
Alexander Hamilton to Lafayette, 10/6/1789, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-05-02-0202
Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Vaughan, 5/11/1791, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-20-02-0134
Alexander Hamilton, “Views on the French Revolution,” 1794
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0002-0442
Thomas Jefferson to Aaron Burr, 2/11/1799, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-31-02-0015
Alexander Hamilton, “Purchase of Louisiana,” New-York Evening Post, 7/5/1803,
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0001-0101
Thomas Jefferson to John Breckinridge, August 12, 1803, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-41-02-0139
Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 7/12/1816, http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/letter-to-samuel-kercheval/
Thomas Jefferson to James Breckinridge, 2/15/1821,
Session II: Freedom
Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 26 November 1775
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0060
Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 3/14/1779, https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Letter_from_Alexander_Hamilton_to_John_Jay_March_14_1779
Thomas Jefferson, “A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom,” 6/18/1779, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-02-02-0132-0004-0082
Thomas Jefferson, Query 18, “Manners,” Notes on the State of Virginia (1781), http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/notes-on-the-state-of-virginia-query-xviii-manners/
Alexander Hamilton, A Letter from Phocion to the Considerate Citizens of New York, January, 1784, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-03-02-0314
Thomas Jefferson to Chastellux, 6/7/1785, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-08-02-0145
Thomas Jefferson to Jean Nicolas Dèmeunier, 6/26/1786, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-10-02-0001-0006
Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, 2/22/1787, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-11-02-0182
Thomas Jefferson to William S. Smith, 11/13/1787, http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/presidents/thomas-jefferson/letters-of-thomas-jefferson/jefl64.php
Thomas Jefferson (Philadelphia) to Condorcet, 8/30/1791, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-22-02-0092
Alexander Hamilton, No Jacobin No. VII, August 23,1793, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-15-02-0208
Alexander Hamilton, Pacificus, no. 1, 6/29/1793, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-15-02-0038
Thomas Jefferson to St. George Tucker, 8/28/1797
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-29-02-0405
Source: Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 2/5/1799,
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-31-02-0005
Alexander Hamilton to Timothy Pickering, 2/21/1799, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-22-02-0294
Alexander Hamilton, 3/3/1802. The Examination, #15, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-25-02-0299
Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 11/24/1801, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-35-02-0550
Thomas Jefferson to Danbury Baptists, 1/1/1802, https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9806/danpre.html
Thomas Jefferson to John Breckinridge, 11/24-25, 1803, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-42-02-0030
Session III: Republican Government
Alexander Hamilton to James Duane, 9/3/1780, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0838
Thomas Jefferson, “Draft of a Constitution for Virginia,” May-June, 1783, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-06-02-0255-0004
Alexander Hamilton, First Speech, New York Ratifying Convention, 6/21/1788, http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/alexander-hamilton-speech/
Alexander Hamilton to Edward Carrington, 5/26/1792, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-11-02-0349
Alexander Hamilton, Tully No. III, 8/28/1794, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-17-02-0130
Alexander Hamilton, Draft of Washington’s Farewell Address, 7/30/1796,
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-20-02-0181-0002
Thomas Jefferson to Elbridge Gerry, 1/26/1799, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-30-02-0451
Alexander Hamilton to Jonathan Dayton, 10-11,1799, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-23-02-0526
Thomas Jefferson, Draft of the Kentucky Resolutions, 10/ 1798, http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/jeffken.asp
Alexander Hamilton to Theodore Sedgwick, 2/2/1799,
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-22-02-0267
Alexander Hamilton to James Bayard, 1/16/1801, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-25-02-0169
Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, 3/4/1801,
Alexander Hamilton to Theodore Sedgwick, 7/10/1804, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0001-0264
Thomas Jefferson to Roger Chew Weightman, 6/24/1826, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/98-01-02-6179
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