Hamilton, Madison, and Jefferson have a private dinner at which Hamilton convinces them to support his proposed financial system in return for his support of moving the nation’s capital further south. Jenny, an enslaved woman who worked for Eliza and her family all her life, dies from yellow fever, and Eliza recognizes the injustice of her family’s purchase of enslaved people. The Hamiltons move to Philadelphia, where Eliza runs into Monroe, who married Elizabeth Kortright and is now an antifederalist congressman for Virginia. Phillip Schuyler loses his seat in Congress to Aaron Burr. Taking this as a personal attack, Hamilton becomes more prideful and temperamental than ever. One afternoon, Eliza denies Hamilton’s sexual advances, and he becomes even moodier and resents her. His financial plans for the nation are adopted, but Hamilton sends Eliza and their children to Albany for the summer so he can work alone.

Later in the year, the Hamiltons take a grander house in Philadelphia to keep up appearances. Hamilton warns Eliza against opening the door to strangers when he is not at home as he continues to gain enemies. A year later, a young woman comes to the house in the middle of the night.