THE BEST OF ENEMIES.

JEFFERSON, Thomas, 1743-1826; HAMILTON, Alexander, 1757-1804; ATHEISTS; ATHEISM; FEDERAL government; UNITED States politics & government, 1789-1809; COURTS; CONSTITUTIONAL history; CONSTITUTIONS; ANTISLAVERY movements; ABOLITIONISTS

Discusses the relationship between former U.S. presidents Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Role of Jefferson as the author of the Declaration of Independence; How Hamilton clashed with Jefferson because of his support of a central government with a strong President, an independent judiciary, and a liberal reading of the Constitution; Monitoring of the Constitutional Convention by Jefferson; Charges from Hamilton that Jefferson displayed atheistic and religious fanaticism; How Jefferson defended slavery while Hamilton was an ardent abolitionist.