Friendship Hill National Historic Site

Albert Gallatin

The Madison administration struggled over the philosophical contradiction between their hawkish anti-Great Britain policy and traditional doctrine of small budget and limited government.

It was a warm and wet year at Friendship Hill National Historic Site. The year ended as the 9th warmest and 13th wettest year at the park since 1895.

Friendship Hill National Historic Site experienced a very warm 2020 but in total, the year had near-normal precipitation. The year ended as the 4th warmest and 58th wettest on record.

Friendship Hill National Historic Site had a very warm 2021 with total precipitation that was slightly above normal. In total, the year ended as the 4th warmest and 49th wettest on record.

In all, Friendship Hill National Historical Site experienced a near-normal year for temperature, but precipitation was slightly more than the long-term average. The year ended as the 54th warmest and 39th wettest on record (since 1895).

In all, temperatures in 2023 at Friendship Hill National Historic Site were well above normal though total annual precipitation was close to average. The year ended as the 6th warmest and 58th driest since 1895 for Fayette County, PA.

In the march to war, the Republican administration worried about political resistance in Federalist New England. Madison saw “intrigue” and “seditious opposition” in those who “clogged the wheels of war.” He could not rely on Federalist-dominated states to provide able-bodied men for military service.

Gallatin, President Jefferson’s Secretary of the Treasury, understood that transportation systems in the young country were, at best, dismal, rough and unreliable. In 1807, the U. S. Senate passed a resolution calling upon the treasury department to compile a report proposing ways that the Federal Government could address these issues. The result was Albert Gallatin’s landmark Report on Roads, Canals, Harbors and Rivers submitted in 1808.