Almost 30 years after their famous compromise on the federal assumption of Revolutionary War debt of the individual states and establishing the District of Columbia as the site of the permanent federal capital, Jefferson recalled the event in a document he titled “The Anas.” He claimed he was tricked and the agreement he made with Hamilton was one of the worst decisions he had ever made.
On June 20, 1790 Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson hosted a dinner with Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton and Representative from Virginia James Madison. The three men met to discuss a prolonged deadlock in Congress, and this meeting was a pivotal turning point in what is known as the “Compromise of 1790.”
Listen to Broadway's rendition of the Compromise of 1790, otherwise known as "The Room Where it Happens."
