Alexander Hamilton

Born Nevis, West Indies

This short biography, by C. James Taylor, chronicling the life of John Adams focuses on his political life, relationship with his wife Abigail, and his presidency. It is a good introduction to Adams and his background.

In Federalist No. 70 Alexander Hamilton's argued for a strong executive branch of government. He believed that a strong executive was necessary to protect the community, administer the law, and protect property rights.

Federalist No. 1 serves as the introduction to the Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton and published under the alias "Publius." In Federalist No. 1, Hamilton discusses his ideas regarding the debate surrounding the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. He emphasizes…

In Federalist No. 68, Hamilton outlines the process for electing the president. He interprets the role of the Electoral College and argues in favor of the system. He also discusses the powers and limitations of the executive branch as well as the role of the president.

In 1783, Hamilton wrote as a Continental Congressman from New York to General Washington in his capacity as chairman of a committee formed by Congress to organize various departments in the government after the official peace at the end of the Revolution. Hamilton would like Washington's…

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Without doubt they were Washington, who walked carefully within the Constitution, and Lincoln, who stretched it as far as he dared</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Is it libel to say that the President of the United States tried to seduce his neighbor’s wife—even if he did? Thomas Jefferson tried to gag the venomous editor of upstate New York’s <span class="typestyle"> Wasp;</span> Alexander Hamilton argued brilliantly in defense of journalistic candor.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> In reprisal for a Tory atrocity, Washington ordered the hanging of a captive British officer chosen by lot. He was nineteen.</span> </p>

<p>The law was against the poor printer. The governor wanted his scalp. His attorneys were disbarred. Could anything save him—and free speech?</p>

<p><span class="deck">In the most famous duel in American history, Aaron Burr is usually seen as the villain, Alexander Hamilton as the noble victim. But was it really that simple?</span></p>

<p>In the snarled disputes in 1790 over the Yazoo land claims (now large parts of Alabama and Mississippi), George Washington and an educated Creek chieftain turned out to be the diplomatic kingpins</p>

<p><span class="deck"> Courtly, gallant, handsome, and bold, John Laurens seemed the perfect citizen-soldier of the Revolution. But why did he have to seek death so assiduously?</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">Vain, snobbish, distinctly upper-class in his libertine social habits, Gouverneur Morris nevertheless saw himself justifiably as "A Representative of America"</span></span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> The Unknown Alexander Hamilton</span> </p>

<p>We can take pride in our nation, not as we pretend to a commission from God and a sacred destiny, but as we struggle to fulfill our deepest values in an inscrutable world.</p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Corruption, Yesterday and Today</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Encamped above the Hudson for the last, hard winter of the Revolution, the officers of the Continental Army began to talk mutiny. It would be up to their harried commander to defend the most precious principle of the infant nation—the supremacy of civilian rule</span> . </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> The early years of our republic produced dozens of great leaders. A historian explains how men like Adams and Jefferson were selected for public office, and tells why the machinery that raised them became obsolete.</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Banking as we’ve known it for centuries is dead, and we don’t really know the consequences of what is taking its place. A historical overview.</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"><em><span class="typestyle">Walden</span></em> is here, of course; but so too is Fanny Farmer’s first cookbook.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The framers of the Constitution were proud of what they had done but might be astonished that their words still carry so much weight. A distinguished scholar tells us how the great charter has survived and flourished.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> A knowledgeable and passionate guide takes us for a walk down Wall Street, and we find the buildings there eloquent of the whole history of American finance</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">200 years ago, the United States was a weakling republic prostrate beneath a ruinous national debt. Then, Alexander Hamilton worked the miracle of fiscal imagination that made America a health,y young economic giant. How did he do it?</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">At its roots lie fundamental tensions that have bedeviled American banking since the nation began.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The two-party system, undreamt of by the founders of the republic, has been one of its basic shaping forces ever since their time.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">And how it grew, and grew, and grew…</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"><lead_in>DURING THIS TRIP, HE GAVE THE NEW</lead_in> nation a new industry, wrote a proto-guide to New England inns and taverns, (probably) did some secret politicking, discovered a town that lived up to his hopes for a democratic society, scrutinized everything from rattlesnakes to rum manufacture, and, in the process, pretty much invented the summer vacation itself.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The federal government handled it far better than it would later economic disasters.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Without his brilliance at espionage, the revolution could not have been won.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Alexander Hamilton conceived an America that encouraged huge successes like his own.</span></p>

<p>It was, they believed, a matter of honor.</p>

<p><span class="deck">Suppose they could go on "Meet The Press"...</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">How a debt-ridden banana republic became the greatest economic engine the world has ever known</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Speculators caused a stock market crash in 1792, forcing the federal government to bail out New York bankers— and the nation.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> Some old myths die in this new study of his West Indies childhood</span> </p>

<p>An impetuous and sometimes corrupt Congress has often hamstrung the efforts of the president since the earliest days of the republic.</p>

<p>Strict codes of conduct marked the relationships of early American politicians, often leading to duels, brawls, and other—sometimes fatal—violence.</p>

<p>The 1807 prosecution of Aaron Burr for treason was a highly flawed and failed endeavor.</p>

<p>It is important to tell the story of the Constitution’s origins in a way that demythifies it. Impressive as they were, the men who wrote the Constitution were not demigods; they had interests, prejudices, and moral blind spots.</p>