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An indispensable resource for all readers, this book summarizes the founding of America alongside the personal and public life of one of America's most influential Founders through a comprehensive investigation of Hamilton's extensive writings.
A product of extremely humble birth, Alexander Hamilton rose to become one of America's leading political figures, helping to determine the direction of nearly all of the seminal events of the founding of the country. The author introduces, provides notes on, and critically evaluates approximately 60 key documents that Hamilton wrote from his youth in the Caribbean through his leadership of the Federalist Party in the 1800s. In examining these writings, the book covers important periods of American history including the American Revolution, the ratification of the Constitution, the formation of the nation's first financial system, and the establishment of political parties.
This book is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to study the key moments of the revolutionary and founding periods of America through the life and legacy of one of the country's most eminent statesmen. The work concludes with a chronology that provides historical context for the most significant personal and political events in Hamilton's life and a bibliography that offers a basis for further study.
A product of extremely humble birth, Alexander Hamilton rose to become one of America's leading political figures, helping to determine the direction of nearly all of the seminal events of the founding of the country. The author introduces, provides notes on, and critically evaluates approximately 60 key documents that Hamilton wrote from his youth in the Caribbean through his leadership of the Federalist Party in the 1800s. In examining these writings, the book covers important periods of American history including the American Revolution, the ratification of the Constitution, the formation of the nation's first financial system, and the establishment of political parties.
This book is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to study the key moments of the revolutionary and founding periods of America through the life and legacy of one of the country's most eminent statesmen. The work concludes with a chronology that provides historical context for the most significant personal and political events in Hamilton's life and a bibliography that offers a basis for further study.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781440857638 |
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| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publication date: | 05/10/2018 |
| Series: | Documents Decoded |
| Pages: | 280 |
| Product dimensions: | 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.69(d) |
About the Author
Christina G. Villegas, PhD, is assistant professor of political science at California State University, San Bernardino.
Table of Contents
IntroductionSection I Early Life
Letter to Edward Stevens on Ambition (November 11, 1769)
Letter to Nicholas Cruger on Duties as a Clerk (February 24, 1772)
Letter to the Royal Danish American Gazette Describing a Hurricane (September 6, 1772)
Section II Pre-Revolution
A Full Vindication of the Measures of Congress (December 15, 1774)
The Farmer Refuted (February 23, 1775)
Letter to John Jay on Lawlessness of a Mob (November 26, 1775)
Section III During the War
Letter to the New York Congress on Merit-Based Promotions (August 12, 1776)
Letter to the New York Congress on Leaving the Artillery (March 6, 1777)
Letter to George Clinton on the Failures of Congress (February 13, 1778)
Letter to John Jay on Slaves as Soldiers (March 14, 1779)
Letter to James Duane on the Defects of the Confederation (September 3, 1780)
Letter to George Washington Requesting Field Command (November 22, 1780)
Letter to John Laurens on Service in Congress (August 15, 1782)
Section IV Family Life
Letter to Margarita Schuyler on Courtship with Elizabeth (February 1780)
Letter to Elizabeth Schuyler on Being a Poor Man's Wife (August 1780)
Letter to James Hamilton Regarding Their Father (June 22, 1785)
Letter to Elizabeth Hamilton on Being Away (September 8, 1786)
Letter to Angelica Schuyler Church on Her Departure (November 8, 1789)
Letter to Philip Hamilton on Being at School (December 5, 1791)
Letter to William Hamilton on Relations in Scotland (May 2, 1797)
Section V Legal Practice
The Phocion Letters on the Treatment of Tories (1784)
Rutgers v. Waddington, Brief No. 6 (1784)
Speech in the Case of People v. Croswell (1804)
Section VI Creating and Defending the Constitution
Address to the Annapolis Convention (September 14, 1786)
Speech in the Constitutional Convention on a Plan of Government (June 18, 1787)
Letter to George Washington on the Constitutional Convention (July 3, 1787)
The Federalist (1787–1788)
Letter to George Washington on the Office of the President (September 1788)
Section VII Secretary of the Treasury
Report Relative to a Provision for the Support of Public Credit (January 14, 1790)
Opinion on the Constitutionality of an Act to Establish a Bank (February 23, 1791)
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Subject of Manufactures (December 5, 1791)
Section VIII The Rise and Fall of the Federalists
Letter to Edward Carrington on Political Adversaries (May 26, 1792)
Pacificus No. I on Neutrality (June 29, 1793)
Tully No. II on the Whiskey Rebellion (August 26, 1794)
Letter Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams (October 24, 1800)
Letter to James A. Bayard Favoring Jefferson over Burr (January 16, 1801)
Section IX The Nation's First Sex Scandal
The Reynolds Pamphlet (July 1797)
Section X Death
Letter to Aaron Burr Refusing to Disavow (June 20, 1804)
Statement on the Impending Duel with Aaron Burr (June 28–July 10, 1804)
Letters to Elizabeth Hamilton Delivered after the Duel (July 4 and 10, 1804)
Timeline of Events
Further Reading
Index
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