| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 488 pages) |
| Contents |
West Indies background -- Young man of business -- New world to conquer -- From pen to sword -- Hamilton goes to war -- Call Colonel Hamilton! -- From sword to pen -- Love and treason -- Hamilton quits the war -- Final victory -- No taxation with representation -- Hamilton in Congress -- Conservative lawyer -- Preliminary maneuvers -- Birth of a constitution -- The fight for ratification -- Mr. Secretary of the Treasury -- The great reports -- Years of strife -- Rum and politics -- More rum and more politics -- Private statesman -- Public emergency and private scandal -- The war clouds gather -- Twilight of the Federalists -- Achilles retires to his tents -- Death and transfiguration |
| Summary |
Here is a "full-length biography of Hamilton, elegantly aristocratic, brilliant, ambitious, and unrelenting fighter-from his illegitimate birth in the West Indies, to his dominant position in Washinton's cabinet and the Federalist party." Kirkus |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-481) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed December 31, 2015) |
| Subject |
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
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| SUBJECT |
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804. fast (OCoLC)fst00031768 |
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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