The result of the election was a terrible blow to Adams. His vanity was so hurt that he could not bear to be present at the installation of his successor, and after working almost to the stroke of midnight signing appointments to office for the defeated Federalists, he drove away from Washington in the early morning before the inauguration ceremonies began. Eventually he soothed his self-esteem by associating his own trials and misfortunes with those endured by classical heroes. He wrote that Washington, Hamilton, and Pinckney formed a triumvirate like that of Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus, and "that Cicero was not sacrificed to the vengeance of Antony more egregiously than John Adams was to the unbridled and unbounded ambition of Alexander Hamilton in the American triumvirate." BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Abundant materials are available for the period covered by this work. Chief among them are the Annals of Congress, the State Papers, and the writings of statesmen to be found in any library index under their names. The style maintained by Washington early became a subject of party controversy and to this may be attributed a noticeable variation in accounts given by different authors. For instance, Washington Irving, who as a child witnessed the first inauguration parade, says in his _Life of Washington_ that the President's coach "was drawn by a single pair of horses." But the detailed account given in the _New York Packet_ of May 1, 1789, the day after the ceremony, says that "the President joined the procession in his carriage and four." The following authorities may be consulted on the point: B.J. Lossing, article in _The Independent_, vol. xli, April 25, 1889. Martha J. Lamb, article in _Magazine of American History_, vol. xx, December, 1888. For details of official etiquette during Washington's administration, the following may be consulted: GEORGE WASHINGTON, _Diary_, from 1789 to 1791. Edited by B.J. Lossing (1860). WILLIAM MACLAY, _Journal_, 1789-1791 (1890). GEORGE W. P. CUSTIS, _Memoirs of Washington_ (1859). JAMES G. WILSON, _The Memorial History of New York_ (1893). ANNE HOLLINGSWORTH WHARTON, _Martha Washington_ (1897). Works of special importance for their documentary matter and for their exhibition of the personal aspect of events are: J. C. HAMILTON, _History of the Republic of the United States_, 7 vols. (1860). H. S. RANDALL, _Life of Thomas Jefferson_, 3 vols. (1858). GEORGE GIBBS, _Administrations of Washington and John Adams_, 2 vols. (1846). Some economic aspects of the struggle over Hamilton's financial measures are exhibited by: CHARLES A. BEARD, _Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy_ (1915). New light has been cast upon Genet's mission, causing a great change in estimates of his character and activities, by materials drawn from the French archives by Professor F.J. Turner, and presented in the following articles: