Very well written...it is interesting to note that even though both Hamilton and Madison may have left the administration, Washington did not continue a relationship of any kind with Jefferson past a coldly formal acknowledgement as their lives moved forward after that.
From what I know, Washington was quite angry about the whispering campaign started by Jefferson implying that he was too enfeebled to carry the intellectual responsibility of government, and was instead a puppet of the Alexander faction of politics (as I understand it).
I can tell reading this that you are more disposed to Madison than Hamilton, which is okay by me...I admit that I am more attracted to the personality and intellect of Hamilton which seems less...how do I say this...egg-headed than Hamilton does, who appears to me more emotionally aggressive and populistic (not sure if that is a word) than Madison.
And I say that even if I don’t agree with every view point formed by Hamilton!