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Alexander Hamilton

1755/57–1804 · New York · First Treasury Secretary

Nevis to the Treasury to Weehawken — the immigrant founder, documented through the reports, the essays, and the letters.

Alexander Hamilton portrait
Alexander Hamilton
1755–1804

Soldier · Statesman · First Secretary of the Treasury

John Trumbull · c. 1806 · Library of Congress
Episodes
Hamilton Part I — Nevis to New York
The hurricane letter, the war, the rise — the immigrant’s record.
Hamilton Part II — The Federalist, the Treasury, the Duel
The first cabinet confirmation, the Report on Public Credit, and the morning at Weehawken.
From the Record

The world has its eye upon America. The noble struggle we have made in the cause of liberty, has occasioned a kind of revolution in human sentiment.

Alexander Hamilton · 1778 · Founders Online
Key Documents in the Archive
The Hamilton Papers · Founders Online
Founders Online · National Archives
The Federalist Papers — Full Text
Library of Congress
First Cabinet Confirmation · September 11, 1789
United States Senate
New York Manumission Society Records
New-York Historical Society
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