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> I'm doing a Paper on how the two major political parties first >started in the United States. Also, it has to include the beliefs of >Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton about the parties. I looked >everywhere and I can't seem to find information on what I'm looking for. >So if it is possible, would you please give me some tips of different >web page that I might find useable for me. Thank you so much for taking >the time to read my letter I'm sorry, but I am not aware of any websites that will provide you with the specific information you seek. You would probably find what you are looking for by consulting the book: The Age of Federalism by Stanley Elkins & Eric McKitrick Oxford U. Press, 1993. especially Chapter VII, "The Emergence of Partisan Politics." Good luck, Eyler Coates